What is the REDCap system?

Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) is a web-based application developed by Vanderbilt University to capture data for clinical research and create databases and projects. It is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)–compliant, highly secure, and intuitive to use.

Is REDCap electronic data capture?

Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) is a secure, browser-based web application available in 141 countries and to around 1.6 million users [1]. The application is primarily used for developing, maintaining, and managing different types of surveys and securing online/offline data collection [2, 3].

What type of database is REDCap?

relational database tables
REDCap Data Storage REDCap stores its data and all system and project information in various relational database tables (i.e. utilizing foreign keys and indexes) within a single MySQL database, which is an open source RDBMS (relational database management system).

Is REDCap a data warehouse?

REDCap is a secure and customizable web-based database application used to collect and store research data from case report forms, surveys, or a combination of both.

How secure is REDCap?

Many institutions that have installed REDCap have made use of enterprise-level web application security scanners, such as HP Webinspect and Acunetix, to scan and test REDCap’s security and its ability to withstand various methods of attack. REDCap has performed very well in such instances.

Does REDCap analyze data?

The data export function will allow exporting data in various statistical formats, with the option to select all data or partial data. Formats available are: SPSS, SAS, R, STATA. The ‘Send-it’ function in REDCap can be used to send files that contain sensitive data.

Is REDCap GDPR compliant?

Is REDCap GDPR Compliant? The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European law that established protections for privacy and security of personal data . You can learn about it here. Yes, [email protected], can be used to store and process data that is subject to GDPR.

Is SQL a REDCap?

SQL fields in REDCap. A useful, but specialised, REDCap field type is the ‘sql’ type. It allows for a database query to populate a dropdown selection element. Implementing the sql field requires that the table housing the data is stored in the same database as the REDCap tables.

Is REDCap a relational database?

While REDCap can be used to collect virtually any type of data, it is specifically geared to support data capture for research studies. It is not a TRUE relational database application, such as Microsoft Access or MS SQL Server, which allow users to create tables with complex relationships between them.

How does REDCap protect confidentiality?

All web-based communications are protected by the Yale exterprise firewall and encrypted with TLS. Both host-based firewalls and institutional network isolation policies safeguard the application server, the database server, and file system used to store data.

Are REDCap emails encrypted?

REDCap’s Protected Email Mode operates by evaluating if an outgoing email’s content is deemed sensitive, and if so, it will not send the email content to the recipient’s inbox but will instead send them an email with a private link to a REDCap webpage to allow the recipient to view the email’s content securely inside …

Does REDCap collect IP?

By default, REDCap system is used to get IP addresses. Alternatively, you may enable ipify, a third-party API that increases reliability of the collected IPs.

How do I contact WUSTL Redcap?

If you require assistance or have any questions about REDCap, please contact the WUSTL REDCap Administrators at the REDCap Help Desk [[email protected]] © 2018Washington University in St. Louis

What version of Redcap do I need to install WUSTL key?

WUSTL key is required for version 10. Version 7 If you require assistance or have any questions about REDCap, please contact the WUSTL REDCap Administrators at the REDCap Help Desk [[email protected]] © 2018Washington University in St. Louis

What version of Redcap does Washington University use?

Please note: Washington University is currently using REDCap Version 10 Production Server. Some of the recordings below were created in Version 8 or 9. The information covered in the recordings created in earlier versions is still relevant to the current version of REDCap.

Who are the professors who utilized ICTs resources on R01?

-Jessica Mozersky, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Bioethics Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine and Sarah Hartz, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Washington University School of Medicine (l to r) utilized several ICTS resources on their recently funded joint R01 grant.