1. A method for storing status-designated health-related episode data comprising: providing a database which stores health-related episode data from a plurality of data sources; wherein the episode data includes data for complete episodes and incomplete episodes, an episode being defined by a predefined set of related data, such that an incomplete episode is missing at least a portion of the predefined set of related data in the database and a complete episode includes all of the predefined set of related data in the database; receiving a plurality of updates to the episode data corresponding to the incomplete episodes; and for each of the plurality of updates, designating a status of the episode data being updated in the database, the status indicating that the episode data being updated is complete or incomplete.