Abdel-Qadir, Husam
Austin, Peter C.
Sivaswamy, Atul
Chu, Anna
Wijeysundera, Harindra C.
Lee, Douglas S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
ICES
Canadian Frailty Network (CFN-006)
Article History
Received: 10 November 2022
Accepted: 6 March 2023
First Online: 13 March 2023
Declarations
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: ICES is an independent, non-profit research institute funded by an annual grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Long-Term Care (MLTC). As a prescribed entity under Ontario’s Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA), Sect. 45 of PHIPA authorizes ICES to collect and use personal health information and health care data, without consent, for the purpose of analysis or compiling statistical information with respect to the management of, evaluation or monitoring of, the allocation of resources to or planning for all or part of the health system Ontario’s privacy legislation. Secure access to these data is governed by policies and procedures that are approved by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Projects that use data collected by ICES under Sect. 45 of PHIPA, and use no other data, are exempt from Research Ethics Board review. The use of the data in this project is authorized under Sect. 45 and approved by ICES’ Privacy and Legal Office. All methods were carried out in accordance with locally relevant guidelines and regulations.
: Not applicable.
: HA is supported by a National New Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. PA was supported by a Mid-Career Investigator Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. DSL is supported by the Ted Rogers Chair in Heart Function Outcomes. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.