data /dā″tə, dat″ə, dä″tə/ sing. datum [L, datum, giving] , 1. pieces of information, especially those that are part of a collection to be used in an analysis of a problem, such as the diagnosis of a health problem. 2. demographic details, clinical documentation, tests and test outcomes, and other information used in decision making and/or the development of models stored and processed by a computer.
