IRB Template:
The following content may be used in your IRB application if you are planning to use REDCap:
The Research Informatics Services Core will be used as a central location for data processing and management. REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture), a software toolset and workflow methodology for electronic collection and management of research and clinical trial data, was developed by Vanderbilt University, with collaboration from a consortium of institutional partners. REDCap data collection projects rely on a thorough study-specific data dictionary defined in an iterative self-documenting process by all members of the research team with planning assistance from the Research Informatics Services Core. The iterative development and testing process results in a well-planned data collection strategy for individual studies. REDCap servers are housed in a local data center at National Jewish Health and all web-based information transmission is encrypted. REDCap was developed specifically around HIPAA-Security guidelines and is recommended to National Jewish researchers by both our Privacy Office and Institutional Review Board. REDCap currently supports 240+ academic/non-profit consortium partners on six continents and over 26,000 research end-users (www.project-redcap.org).
Publications / Proceedings / Presentations:
P.A. Harris, R. Taylor, B.L. Minor, V. Elliott, M. Hernandez, L. O’Neal, L. McLeod, G. Delacqua, F. Delacqua, J. Kirby, S.N. Duda
The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software platform partners, 2019
P.A. Harris, R. Thielke, R. Taylor, J. Payne, N. Gonzalez, J.G. Conde. Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) – A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support. Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 2008
Citing REDCap:
Please cite the REDCap project and National Jewish Health when publishing manuscripts using the following language:
Study data were collected and managed using REDCap electronic data capture tools hosted at National Jewish Health. REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure, web-based application designed to support data capture for research studies, providing:
- an intuitive interface for validated data entry
- audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures
- automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages
- procedures for importing data from external sources1
1Paul A. Harris, Robert Taylor, Robert Thielke, Jonathon Payne, Nathaniel Gonzalez, Jose G. Conde, Research electronic data capture (REDCap) – A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support, J Biomed Inform. 2009 Apr;42(2):377-81.