As of 2024, iCAREdata is the largest research database in Flanders, Belgium, with data on patient contacts in non-plannable primary care. Since its inception in 2014, iCAREdata now has data on 34 of the 44 existing guard post locations in Flanders. This project aims to establish a central clinical research database to optimize primary and interdisciplinary healthcare outside office hours (OOH) in Antwerp, Belgium. Routine clinical data and patient characteristics are collected from the General Practitioner Cooperative (GPCs), Emergency Departments (EDs), and pharmacists electronic records completed during OOH-care on a weekly basis. Unique, individual patient data such as year of birth, gender, postal code, insurability, and social security identification code (INSZ code) are registered.

Recruitment is ongoing