Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network
3rd largest COVID registry listed by the WHO
CCEDRRN
Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network
The Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) is a national collaboration with Public Health partners to harmonize data collection related to COVID-19 in more than 51 Emergency Departments (EDs) across 8 provinces (BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB).
CCEDRRN has captured data on over 200,000 patients across Canada.
Recent Findings and News
COVID-19 research initiatives at UBC among those funded by first-time partnership
A number of UBC rapid response research initiatives have received funding from a partnership between Genome BC, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, and the BCCDC Foundation for Public Health.
Publications
Read about the current findings from investigators utilizing CCEDRRN participant research data.
Development of the Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network population-based registry: a methodology study (cmajopen.ca)
March 17, 2021
Background: Emergency physicians lack high-quality evidence for many diagnostic and treatment decisions made for patients with suspected or confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Our objective is to describe the methods used to collect and ensure the data quality of a multicentre registry of patients presenting to the emergency department with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
