Status report – The Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program: a dynamic and innovative injury surveillance system

Abstract

This status report on the Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP), an emergency department-based injury and poisoning surveillance system, describes the result of migrating from a centralized data entry and coding process to a decentralized process, the web-based eCHIRPP system, in 2011. This secure system is improving the CHIRPP's overall flexibility and timeliness, which are key attributes of an effective surveillance system. The integrated eCHIRPP platform enables near real-time data entry and access, has user-friendly data management and analysis tools, and allows for easier communication and connectivity across the CHIRPP network through an online collaboration centre. Current pilot testing of automated data monitoring and trend analysis tools-designed to monitor and flag incoming data according to predefined criteria (for example, a new consumer product)-is revealing eCHIRPP's potential for providing early warnings of new hazards, issues and trends.

At-a-glance - Emergency department presentations for hoverboard-related injuries: the electronic Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program, 2015 to 2016

“…The Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) 1 is an emergency department-based injury and poisoning surveillance system established in 1990 in response to the need for enhanced and timelier injury surveillance information in Canada. The CHIRPP currently operates in 11 pediatric and six general hospitals across Canada and is funded and administered by the Public Health Agency of Canada.…”

Évaluation de l’exactitude du Système canadien hospitalier d’information et de recherche en prévention des traumatismes dans la représentation des taux de traumatismes crâniens légers au Québec

“…D'après les résultats de notre étude, la représentativité d'une population dans le SCHIRPT pourrait être supérieure à celle qui est avancée dans des études antérieures [3][4][5][6][7][8][9] , ce qui corrobore l'utilité du SCHIRPT comme outil de surveillance ainsi que sa capacité à cerner les fluctuations du nombre de blessures au sein de la population.…”

Epidemiology of electrical and lightning-related injuries among Canadian children and youth, 1997-2010: A Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program (CHIRPP) study

“…Patients' accounts of pre-event injury circumstances are collected using a questionnaire that is completed during their visit to the ED. 8 An attending physician or other staff adds clinical data to the form, and data coders abstract data from the patients' narratives. 8 The data were de-identified and collected anonymously.…”