REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a flexible and secure web-based system for collecting and managing research and quality improvement study data that was developed at the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research.
Users enter study data in a web browser, either locally or from remote locations. The data are then stored centrally in a secure MySQL database.
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Why use REDCap?
- Is flexible enough for multiple research contexts, from large-scale clinical trials to smaller observational studies.
- Maintains sensitive patient data in a secure location.
- Deidentifies patient information.
- Includes built-in security and audit trail features.
- Prevents loss of data if Excel spreadsheet or other datafile “crashes”.
- Provides validation and data cleaning tools while data are being entered.
- Creates project-specific online surveys.
- Allows sharing of validated survey instruments with other REDCap users.
- Enables data files to be exported to different statistical software packages, such as SPSS, SAS, Stata, and R.
- Facilitates data sharing for multi-center research studies (with both centralized and de-centralized REDCap installation options available).
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