What is this service?
REDCap is a secure, HIPAA-compliant, web-based application offering a streamlined process for rapidly developing databases in support of data capture for research projects.
MICHR REDCap Academic (RCA) Features:
Build online surveys and databases quickly and securely in your browser – Create and design your project using a secure login from any device. No extra software required. Access from anywhere, at any time.
Fast and flexible – Go from project creation to starting data collection in less than one day. Customizations and changes are possible any time, even after data collection has begun.
Advanced instrument design features – Auto-validation, calculated fields, file uploading, branching/skip logic, and survey stop actions.
Diverse and flexible survey distribution options – Use a list of email addresses or phone numbers for your survey respondents and automatically contact them with personalized messages, and track who has responded. Or create a simple link for an anonymous survey for mass email mailings, to post on a website, or print on a flyer.
Data quality – Use field validation, branching/skip logic, and Missing Data Codes to improve and protect data quality during data entry. Open data queries to automatically identify and resolve discrepancies and other issues real-time.
Custom reporting – Create custom searches for generating reports to view aggregate data. Identify trends with built-in basic statistics and charts.
Export data to common analysis packages – Export your data as a PDF or as CSV data for easy analysis in SAS, Stata, R, SPSS, or Microsoft Excel. REDCap can remove identifiers from a dataset prior to exporting for analysis to create either a limited data set or a safe harbor data set. A safe harbor data set is the removal of the 18 pieces of information considered identifiers for the purposes of HIPAA compliance.
Secure file storage and sharing – Upload and share any type of file with anyone in the world through the File Repository feature or Send-It tool. Also works with exports and other built-in file uploading features.
Data-based triggers and alerts – Send real-time alerts and notifications to your team or other stakeholders via email, text, or phone based on certain data being entered or specific questions having a particular answer.
Connect to other resources – Use built-in features (API) to move data to/from your project. Build your own custom software development features to connect your project to other systems.
Save your data collection instruments as a PDF to print – Generate a PDF version of your forms and surveys for printing to collect data offline.
Keeping Your Data Secure – RCA servers are physically located in the University of Michigan Health Information Technology and Services (HITS) data center. Physical security for the data center is provided in a professionally managed and equipped tier-3 data center with tightly controlled access.
REDCap securely supports multi-site clinical trials; users outside the University of Michigan Medical School access REDCap via a secure, 2-tier authentication system.
Access to the application, the database, and the underlying systems infrastructure comply with industry best practices, supporting HIPAA security and privacy requirements. RCA is not 21 CFR Part 11 compliant.
The application provides audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures, and on user access to MICHR and HITS technical and support teams.
Regular vulnerability testing is performed by HITS.
Michigan Medicine Information Assurance Risk Assessments are perform on a regular basis to comply with MM IA policies.
Daily backups and VM snapshots of the application and database servers are stored on a remote storage device. The restoration of the servers from a hardware or software failure are protected for 24 hours of disaster recovery.
Who can use this service?
Principal investigators and study teams at U-M can use this service.
When should I contact MICHR about this service?
You should request access to REDCap soon after your study protocol has been developed.
How much does this service cost?
There is no cost to use REDCap. The cost pricing/recharge rates for this and other MICHR services are available here.
Contact MICHR at michr-support@umich.edu if you have additional questions.