The exploding demand for ambulatory data.
In many healthcare settings, data reside at the point of capture rather than in a centralized database that is accessible by all users of the data. Given the current explosion of interest in ambulatory care data, the need for a coordinated and standardized data set is clear and immediate.
D000555:Ambulatory Care Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards; D007256:Information Systems / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States