title: Repositories promise to quench growing thirst for health data.
abstract: Consolidation among providers and the growth of managed care are fueling the development of clinical data repositories. Repositories may be a key to integrated delivery systems' efforts to conduct research to boost outcomes and cut costs.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bazzoli
mesh_terms: D019033:Delivery of Health Care, Integrated; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012106:Research; D014481:United States