Program Features

• Build online surveys and databases quickly and securely. Create and design your project rapidly using secure web authentication from your browser. No extra software is required.
• Fast and flexible. Conception to production-level survey/database is possible in less than one day.
• Export data to common data analysis packages. Export your data to Microsoft Excel, R, SAS, SPSS, Stata or CDISC ODM (XML) for analysis.
• Ad Hoc Reporting. Create custom queries for generating reports to view or download.
• Interactive Editing. Range checks, data type checks, valid date checks, and branching logic.
• Project templates. Generic project templates available to upload as well as access to the REDCap Shared Library.
• Easily manage a contact list of survey respondents or create a simple survey link. Build a list of email contacts, create custom email invitations, and track who responds, or you may also create a single survey link to email out or post on a website.
• 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.
• Advanced features. Auto-validation, calculated fields, piping, file uploading, double-data-entry, and survey stop actions.

Data Security and Privacy

• Complete suite of features that support HIPAA compliance
• Access to database requires user authentication with password
• Data access based on individual’s role on project
• Logging and audit trails on all data interactions
• All data stored on a secure server, and backups are encrypted
• Twice daily automated backups of REDCap servers

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 created by the removal of the 18 pieces of information considered identifiers for the purposes of HIPAA compliance.

REDCap can be used for many purposes including:

• Research
• Outcomes Research
• Quality Improvement
• Administrative

Getting Started

All National Jewish Health REDCap users must complete training. Once completed, you will be granted access to the National Jewish Health REDCap site by the REDCap Administrator. Refer back to this site for additional information or contact our REDCap Administrator, at redcap@njhealth.org.