Submit Data
CCO collects health system data to help healthcare providers and patients make better-informed treatment decisions and navigate more easily through the healthcare system.
The data is submitted to CCO by healthcare providers and organizations across the province. We use the information to:
- plan and fund healthcare services · develop evidence-based guidelines
- monitor and manage the performance of the cancer and renal care systems
- help reduce wait times for cancer, surgery, diagnostic and emergency room services
- enable our health system partners to continually improve the delivery of care
Types of Data Collected
CCO collects and maintains a large body of data about healthcare in Ontario related to 3 main areas: cancer, chronic kidney disease and access to care. This includes:
- wait times for cancer services, surgery, diagnostic imaging, emergency rooms
- surgical efficiency
- alternate level of care
- cancer incidence and mortality
- risk factors for chronic disease
- quality measures for cancer and kidney care
- chronic kidney disease incidence and mortality
- health system performance
A full list of our data holdings is available on the Open Data Directive page.