CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORIES

Ø  in electronic or written format

Ø   to represent an aggregated data base of clinical information

Ø   It usually houses a multitude of laboratory results, diagnostic reports, and various clinical documentations.

Ø  The data are readily searchable and exportable, often because the information is gathered from standard clinical care procedures

Ø  integrates physician-entered data with data from different existing information systems including laboratory, radiology, admission, and pharmacy among others

t is a location where both clinical data and other data of interest, such as external data sources and financial data, are assimilated.

can successfully depict the same sample across different points in time, from varying sources both within and outside the health institution.

BERGERON (2013)

Ø  _is a structured and systematically gathered "storehouse" of patient-specific data, which is usually mirrored from a clinical application, or supplemented with data from other clinical systems.
acronym only

Ø  CDR is a structured and systematically gathered "_" of patient-specific data, which is usually mirrored from a clinical application, or supplemented with data from other clinical systems.

- vary in how they restrict the users or the purpose for their use.

consolidating patient information

- only integrated with clinical data. Lab results, diagnoses

- demographics might be available for use in one platform

- but overall patient satisfaction, the amount of time a patient had to wait before being treated, and other information not related directly to his care might be unavailable.

Ø  o   A database that collects observations for a specific clinical research study