<s>
A	O
Clinical	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Repository	I-Application
(	O
CDR	O
)	O
or	O
Clinical	O
Data	O
Warehouse	O
(	O
CDW	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
real	B-Application
time	I-Application
database	I-Application
that	O
consolidates	O
data	O
from	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
clinical	O
sources	O
to	O
present	O
a	O
unified	O
view	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
patient	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Clinical	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Repository	I-Application
could	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
hospital	O
setting	O
to	O
track	O
prescribing	O
trends	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
the	O
monitoring	O
of	O
infectious	O
diseases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
Clinical	B-Application
Data	I-Application
Repositories	I-Application
could	O
provide	O
a	O
wealth	O
of	O
knowledge	O
about	O
patients	O
,	O
their	O
medical	O
conditions	O
,	O
and	O
their	O
outcome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
potential	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
clinical	B-Application
data	I-Application
repository	I-Application
would	O
be	O
for	O
clinical	O
trials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
clinical	B-Application
data	I-Application
repository	I-Application
is	O
not	O
without	O
its	O
weaknesses	O
,	O
however	O
.	O
</s>
