LESSON 13

CLINICAL DATA REPOSITORIES

The CDR integrates physician-entered data with data from different existing information
systems including laboratory, radiology, admission, and pharmacy among others. A clinical
data repository as 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. Repository types include: study, electronic health record, registry,
warehouse, collection, and federation. CDRs offer a cross-continuum view of information,
since they allow information to be gathered and viewed from sources other than an
accurate setting. The data visualization help in simplifying a wide array of information, and it
allows decision-makers to derive analytical results from information presented visually.