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Mondays at 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Eastern and Wednesdays at 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. Eastern
Our Mission
The Electronic Data Capture (EDC) core within College of Medicine Research Information Technology supports and provides consultation on a repertoire of electronic tools to help ensure robust, valid and reliable data collection for both clinical and nonclinical studies. These tools include REDCap, Qualtrics and EHR-to-EDC, and they are used to support project data collections ranging from simple surveys to longitudinal data capture, quality improvement and workflow tracking. EDC also maintains REDCap documentation and Qualtrics documentation for researchers using those platforms.
Consult with experts
Learn from REDCap specialists how to accomplish the goals of a project
Understand different platforms
Evaluate whether REDCap or Qualtrics is the best tool for your needs
Build varied projects
Set up REDCap projects for operational support and quality improvement as well as clinical research data
Why consult Electronic Data Capture (EDC)?
Robust, valid and reliable data collection
Data collection tools such as REDCap often present multiple ways to solve to a problem. EDC experts can help researchers distinguish between seemingly equal solutions. Knowing the best way to implement a survey leads to less recording, significant time savings and greater usability of the form.
Customizations for data collection
After getting started with a basic REDCap build, researchers may want to consult EDC for add-ons or more custom features. EDC can bring REDCap projects the extra mile, and they will use their knowledge of REDCap to seek out advanced modules to meet study needs.
Register for REDCap Grand Rounds
Presentations on special topics, 2nd Tuesday of the month
Electronic Data Capture (EDC) Services
Experts from RIT consult on the best tool for electronic data collection, specifics of instrument development, and whether a project is best developed by the study team or by an expert administrator in a fee-for-service arrangement. Learn more about Instrument Consultation.
Featured project: Skeletal Trauma Database
Featured project: The HEALing Communities Study
Using REDCap and Qualtrics at The Ohio State University
RIT can provide identity and access management for software projects and consult on electronic data collection for multi-site studies. Learn more about Data Coordinating Center Infrastructure.
i2b2 is a self-service resource allowing researchers to conduct feasibility studies using a coded-limited dataset sourced from the EHR. Querying i2b2 provides aggregate data without submitting the request to an Honest Broker. Learn more about i2b2.
Projects
People
Heather Lansky
Associate Director - Research Informatics
Lindsay Breslin
Apps Development Analyst
Jess Hale
Sr Apps Development Analyst
Jason Lones
Apps Development Consultant
Kristin Page
Supply Systems Analyst
Laura Sullivan
Applications Developer
NOTE: REDCap has not been validated for compliance with Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations Part 11 and may not be used for eConsent and/or electronic data capture in FDA-regulated research or for any other research with requirements for which REDCap at OSU has not been validated. If you have questions, please contact rit-edc@osumc.edu.