Data

BORN Ontario influences health care by being the trusted source for maternal-child health data in the province. With records for over 1.6 million babies in the BORN Information System, we provide world-class data to support performance measurement, quality improvement, health policy, surveillance, and research.

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BIS

Access the BORN Information System (BIS).

Data Dictionary

Access the Data Dictionary and Library.

Data Request

Request data from BORN Ontario.

Privacy & Security

Learn about BORN's registry status, responsibilities and how we protect the information in our custody.

Data Holdings

Learn about who contributes data to the BORN Information System.

Reports & Insights

Explore trends related to pregnancy risk factors, interventions, outcomes, and neonatal health.

Information Quality

Explore BORN's Information Quality Framework.

FAQ

Have a question? Get answers to many commonly-asked questions.

Data in the BORN Information System (BIS) is collected from many sources, including:

Hospitals
Midwives
Midwifery Practice Group
Birth Centre
Newborn Screening Ontario
Regional Treatment Centres
Laboratories
IVF Directors
Public Health Unit
Pediatric Diabetes Education Programs

For full details, visit BORN’s Data Holdings.

Data are entered into the BORN Information System in three ways:

Manually through the BIS user interface.
Uploading data sheets from electronic health record (EHR) systems
Directly transferring data from EHR systems to the BIS.

BORN Ontario's Data Analysis & Request Team (DART) is responsible for all scientific and reporting activities as well as use of BORN Information System (BIS) data for data requests, data management, data quality, research and knowledge translation, Maternal Newborn Dashboard, and reporting. The team includes:

Coordinators
Analysts
Epidemiologists
Knowledge Translation Specialist
Quality Management Specialist
Screening Specialist
Reporting Analyst
Students

The DART Team works in close collaboration with BORN Coordinators, the Technical Team, and the Privacy Team for all tasks related to data releases.