Implementing data standards in clinical research empowers clinicians by facilitating the generation and investigation of novel research hypotheses that extend beyond the original study’s scope. This seamless integration of data across diverse research sites paves the way for the development of new hypotheses and the creation of applications (e.g., apps) readily integrated into existing Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. Furthermore, data standards act as a catalyst for generating novel research ideas for secondary data analysis. By ensuring consistent data collection and formatting across studies, researchers can readily access and integrate data from various sources, enabling the identification of new patterns and relationships that lead to the development of innovative hypotheses and research questions not originally explored in the primary studies.

Ref: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7665565/