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What is REDCap?

REDCap is a secure web application designed by Vanderbilt University to build and manage online surveys and databases in a research setting for universities. While REDCap can be used to collect virtually any type of data in any environment (including…

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The Most Compliant Online Survey

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 4, 2021
Vetted ReviewVerified User
I first came across REDCap in 2018 when I was doing a Course run by Vanderbilt University on Coursera. Since then I have been using REDCap for developing public health survey...
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Francis Banda
Advisor - Research & Development
Technical Consultant
Amandla Xaviers Advisory Services
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)3 years of experience

REDCap is easy, fast and secure!

Rating: 8 out of 10
February 3, 2020
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
The whole Medical school is using REDCap for research data collection, management, analysis, and report. It helps researchers collect data, conduct surveys, and process them w...
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Verified user
Manager
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)4 years of experience

REDCap: A Revolution of Patient Management

Rating: 8 out of 10
March 5, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
In my previous role, REDCap was being used to store patient PHI and consultation data. We used it as a one-stop shop for any type of wellness appointment that our patients had...
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Taylor Miron
Professional - Human Resources
Health Fitness Specialist
Wake County
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)3 years of experience

REDCap is great for research, but also so much more!

Rating: 9 out of 10
February 14, 2018
IncentivizedVetted ReviewVerified User
We use REDCap for so many different tasks across our company. Most obvious is for electronic data capture in our research studies. We can create forms for staff to fill out, a...
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Taylor Read
Project Manager - Research & Development
Research Coordinator
Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)4 years of experience
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REDCap has gained popularity among users for its ease of use and versatility in data collection and management, regardless of project size. Users appreciate the various question formats available, which cater to different data collection needs. Generating reports is made simple and efficient, with the added convenience of being able to save frequently used reports for future use. The software's focus on confidentiality and easy accessibility of patient information makes it a valuable tool for organizing healthcare data. It is praised for its user-friendly interface and efficiency in managing healthcare databases.

REDCap offers a wide range of services and instruments that cater to different projects, including survey forms and multimedia options. Its versatility is evident in use cases such as tracking participant habits, calculating data using formulas, and designing dashboards. By allowing electronic data collection instead of paper surveys, REDCap saves users time and eliminates the problem of inconsistent data input by providing standardized forms for everyone involved in the project. This ensures more accurate and reliable data collection.

One of the significant benefits of using REDCap is having a secure data bank that allows for easy extraction of data and compatibility with statistical software. Its seamless collaboration features enable research team members to work together effectively with assigned roles and permissions for each collaborator. Users appreciate the audit trail feature, which tracks data entry and prevents missing data errors.

The software's ability to eliminate paper forms and provide a paperless solution for surveys and data collection has been highly beneficial. Users find it convenient to have all surveys and records easily accessible in one place, simplifying record access, evaluation, and analysis processes. REDCap has proven valuable in various fields such as human subject research, lung cancer screening, creating patient databases, clinical research studies, grant applications, and collecting clinical data.

REDCap's usability extends beyond the healthcare industry, as it also serves as an effective tool for evaluating responses, improving organizations, capturing research outcomes data, assessing perceptions and experiences internal or external to organizations, and conducting surveys on a wide variety of individuals. The software's customization features have been praised for their effectiveness in entering patient data in clinical trial studies.

Overall, users have found REDCap to be user-friendly, reliable, and efficient in organizing data for research studies and other projects. Its secure database and easy accessibility from anywhere make it a convenient solution, particularly during remote work situations. With its robust features and ease of use, REDCap simplifies data collection, storage, and management processes while providing valuable insights for various applications.

Useful for Storing Data and Generating Reports: Users have found REDCap to be a valuable tool for securely storing patient data and generating reports. Many reviewers appreciate the ease of use, secure nature, and features like maintaining audit trails and ensuring HIPAA compliance. Additionally, the ability to assign different user roles and privileges is highlighted as a beneficial feature.

Streamlines Data Entry Process: Reviewers note that REDCap simplifies the data entry process, eliminating the need for manual tracking or additional programs. The user-friendly interface on both the client and data manager sides is praised for its easy navigation. Furthermore, users find it convenient to program surveys that match different types of research studies.

Comprehensive Tool with Flexible Study Design: REDCap is described as a comprehensive tool that seamlessly manages data, scheduling, and acts as a check for accurate data entry. Its flexibility in study design and wide range of use cases are highly appreciated by users. They also find the intuitive basics of REDCap, such as color coding, terminology, and database navigation, to be user-friendly features.

Difficult to Use: Many users have expressed difficulties in using the software, with some stating that it is not intuitive and requires a lot of research and training to fully understand. Some reviewers also mentioned that not many people are aware of its capabilities, making it challenging to utilize effectively.

Complicated User Interface: The user interface has been described as overly complicated, making it hard for users to find certain functions on the website. Some users found the design dated and lacking visual appeal, while others mentioned that editing forms can be slow when a study is active.

Limited Customization Options: Users have expressed frustration with the limited customization options available in REDCap. They have requested more templates and updates on designs to enhance the appearance of materials. Some reviewers also found it difficult to customize quickly and resorted to using another tracker in addition to REDCap.

Users commonly recommend the following actions when using REDCap:

  1. Utilize the design mode and tutorial videos to ensure satisfaction with fields and instruments.

  2. Seek out someone knowledgeable in REDCap to get started and take time to play around with the software and create projects before collecting real data.

  3. Take advantage of training resources, such as tutorials, documentation, and REDCap trainings, to fully grasp the potential of the software. Also, utilize technical support teams and university representatives for assistance with questions or issues.

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The Most Compliant Online Survey

Rating: 9 out of 10
January 04, 2021
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Francis Banda
Technical Consultant
Amandla Xaviers Advisory Services (Information Technology & Services, 1-10 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)
3 years of experience
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
I first came across REDCap in 2018 when I was doing a Course run by Vanderbilt University on Coursera.
Since then I have been using REDCap for developing public health surveys which are based on clinical validated libraries located within the platform. The swift access control management systems especially for group run surveys, ensures high data integrity and reliability. REDCap also offers respondents access to results following the same invitation link, this alone makes it the most transparent cloud based public health survey app.
Pros and Cons
  • It is very secure only people with right of access to the surveys can access specific functionalities such as for editing, read or analyze.
  • REDCap prioritizes privacy as such the app is designed around HIPAA protection policies. This helps to safeguard study respondents' personal identifying information.
  • REDCap has very robust analytics which helps to generate actionable insights while paying attention details such as missing variables and outliers.
  • Most public health have issues with sending active survey links but this is not the case with REDCap. All the links actually work, and its one link per respondent, once exhausted you cannot reuse it thereby reducing bias.
Likelihood to Recommend
REDCap surveys are very suitable for clinical trials and public health surveys.
It's less appropriate for market researches .
REDCap Feature Ratings
Return on Investment
  • It is very cost efficient for the public health survey niche
  • It is reliable and trusted
  • It is built with strong compliance standards
Alternatives Considered
REDCap surveys is designed according to HIPAA rules, FISMA, 21 CFR part 11, ICH-Good Clinical Practices (GCP) and GDPR, thereby making it more reliable for this market niche.
Other Software Used
Usability
10
It is very interesting to me especially that it meets all my needs. The libraries makes the job even much easier, since you can just make a few adjustments to the appropriate template chosen
Support Rating
10
They respond almost immediately to queries

REDCap is easy, fast and secure!

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
February 03, 2020
Verified User
Vetted Review
Verified User
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)
4 years of experience
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
The whole Medical school is using REDCap for research data collection, management, analysis, and report. It helps researchers collect data, conduct surveys, and process them while maintaining HIPPA compliance throughout the data lifecycle.
Pros and Cons
  • Develop and conduct online survey easily
  • Allow back office data management securely
Likelihood to Recommend
REDCap is best used for research survey data collection, study data, and workflow. It also gives a useful tool for researchers to manage, process, analyze, and report on the data. It is not intended for collaboration or special applications.
REDCap Feature Ratings
Return on Investment
  • It facilities the research
  • It ensures HIPPA compliance
Alternatives Considered
We have not used other products like REDCap. So far, REDCap is our standard research data collection and analysis platform.

REDCap: A Revolution of Patient Management

Rating: 8 out of 10
Incentivized
March 05, 2018
TM
Taylor Miron
Health Fitness Specialist
Wake County (Health, Wellness and Fitness, 10,001+ employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)
3 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
In my previous role, REDCap was being used to store patient PHI and consultation data. We used it as a one-stop shop for any type of wellness appointment that our patients had including a health check, nutrition consult, fitness consult, tobacco cessation consult, etc. It allowed us as the healthcare professionals to get an overview of the patient's health record prior to meeting them one on one. This helped us established where the person may be in terms of readiness to change and how committed they may be to their health. As a company, we wanted to make sure that this information was NOT tied to their personal health record, and REDCap allowed us to do that.
Pros and Cons
  • I appreciate the ability to add/change items within a field that may be beneficial or detrimental to the patient.
  • I like the option to sort by year in the main information hub, as well as put specific dates of consultations & meetings within a patient profile.
  • Very easy learn and use!
Likelihood to Recommend
In a healthcare based setting, where you need to keep all of a patient's health history and documentation in one place, it is very well suited. I would also see if to be beneficial to keep track of participation in certain programs.
REDCap Feature Ratings
Return on Investment
  • REDCap allowed us to house all patient information in one single portal which helped us eliminate the need for paper copies. We moved our whole filing system to an electronic version when we became "live" on REDCap. It is also very convenient and accessible to have all of this data in one location.
  • A very positive impact is the ability for multiple users to see the same health and wellness information for each specific patient. Instead of constantly having to go back and forth via email, phone, etc. to ask about the patient; we could simply look up their information in REDCap and find all of the answers. It made our business much more efficient and made the patients feel as though we did our research prior to meeting with them.
Other Software Used

REDCap is great for research, but also so much more!

Rating: 9 out of 10
Incentivized
February 14, 2018
TR
Taylor Read
Research Coordinator
Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine (Higher Education, 1001-5000 employees)
Vetted Review
Verified User
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)
4 years of experience
View profile
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use REDCap for so many different tasks across our company. Most obvious is for electronic data capture in our research studies. We can create forms for staff to fill out, as well as surveys to send directly to participants. We use it to record attestations for exceptions by creating survey forms and sending them to employees which then automatically creates a database as record. We use it as intake forms for new projects or studies. The possibilities are endless.
Pros and Cons
  • Customization. I can use HTML to change format but there are also a ton of built in functionality for branching logic, matrix configuration, slider scales, etc.
  • Security. HIPPA compliance is extremely important for medical research and REDCap ensures our data is safe.
  • Variety of use. Being able to send both surveys and create forms for internal use makes the use cases numerous.
Likelihood to Recommend
Our main use has been for research studies. It allows HIPPA compliant data collection with a vast amount of customization options, branching logic to keep collection clean, and validation to ensure data collected can easily be analyzed. We can send surveys to participants in between visits and use forms for in person visits where a staff member is collecting the information.
REDCap Feature Ratings
Return on Investment
  • Very positive since it has reasonable (or free) rates and is constantly upgraded and maintained.
Alternatives Considered
SurveyMonkey and Google Forms have similar features for surveys but they lack the form options and user interface. They are also not HIPPA compliant so we are not able to collect any identifying information which is usually an issue in research when we are tracking participants. Many institutional review boards won't even approve a study without a HIPPA compliant data collection service.
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