Clinical Data-Mining: Integrating Practice and ResearchClinical Data Mining (CDM) involves the conceptualization, extraction, analysis, and interpretation of available clinical data for practice knowledge building, clinical decision making and practitioner reflection. Depending upon the type of data mined, CDM can be qualitative or quantitative; it is generally retrospective, but may be meaningfully combined with original data collection. Any research method that relies on the contents of case records or