The goal of health care service is to optimize biologic function and postpone the inevitable physical decline of the patient. This service is characterized by quality effectiveness, and cost efficiency. To achieve this end, practitioners and other parties in the health industry must be continuously involved in gathering and evaluating assessment data, given that outcomes assessment is a data driven process which quantifies the quality and effectiveness of the health care received by the patient. Besides methodological challenges faced by the practitioners, the lack of user-friendly and cost-effective data management system poses great barrier to particularly the private practitioner. OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this research project was to design a user-friendly and cost-effective database system that will afford private medical (health) practitioners the opportunity to be active participants in outcomes research and pharmacoeconomics/health economics. METHOD: The main database system was designed using Microsoft ACCESS software. Microsoft ACCESS was the choice because 1) it interfaces with a number database/spreadsheet programs, and 2) it affords the user the opportunity to create distributable, royal-free, stand-alone applications. The data-entry form (an interface) was designed using Visual Basic, an object-oriented language, given that the user can write efficient and polished programs every bit as professional as commercial applications. RESULTS: The database was user-friendly and has capabilities such the practitioner can: 1) evaluate each patient’s response to treatment over time, 2) perform comparative analysis of various outcomes of different groups of patients, and 3) assess the likelihood of his patients progressing to other disease states, to mention a few. CONCLUSION: The product derived from this research project provides great promise to practitioners in private practice to be active participants in outcomes research and health economics.