Ann Intern Med. Ault and Chander for their interest in our work and their endorsement of our approach. As Dr. Ault points out, current technology makes it possible to include data capture as a routine and helpful part of daily clinical care. As we design the templates for which data we want, it makes sense to us to imagine what our year-end reports should look like. Data captured on the fly, case by case, should be readily aggregated into useful summaries that will help us plan our future programs and budgets.
Clinicians take care of individual persons who have more at stake than short-term cost containment.