About REDCap
What is REDCap?
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) is a secure web application for building and managing surveys and databases online. While REDCap can be used to collect virtually any type of data, it was designed to support research.
REDCap allows you to collect, store, organize, report, clean, and export data for analysis.
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REDCap at Yale/YNHH
There are several REDCap systems available to you. There are 4 servers, two at Yale University and two at Yale New Haven Health (YNHH), which serve different purposes.
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Server Location |
System Name |
URL |
Regulatory Compliance |
Specialization |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Yale |
REDCap I |
redcap.med.yale.edu (redirect- poa-redcap) |
HIPAA, GDPR |
International University research |
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Yale |
REDCap II | redcap.research.yale.edu |
HIPAA, GDPR |
|
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YNHH |
Standard REDCap | redcapynh.ynhh.org |
HIPAA |
EPIC/CDIS Integration |
|
YNHH |
21 Part 11 Validated REDCap | redcapynh-p11.ynhh.org |
HIPAA, 21 Part 11 |
Research under an IND/IDE |
Yale Servers: To access and use REDCap on the Yale Servers, you need a valid Yale NetID. The Principal Investigator, i.e. the Project-Owner, must be a Yale University faculty, staff, or student.
Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) Servers: To access and use YNHH servers, you need a Yale NetID or a YNHH User ID. The Principal Investigator, i.e. the Project-Owner, must be a Yale faculty, staff, or student or YNHH employee.
Vanderbilt Consortium
Developed at Vanderbilt in 2004 by Paul A. Harris and colleagues, and later supported by the National Center for the Advancement of Translational Sciences (NCATS) Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) program, REDCap was initially built to support research studies and operations. REDCap is currently used by millions of people at non-profit and academic centers around the world for research, quality improvement, clinical applications, health services management, training, education and more.
REDCap is accessible through an internet connection with data stored on a secure server within the Yale or Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) environment. You can work on it using a desktop, laptop or mobile device.
Data can be collected through direct data entry, a survey function, or automated data import. Data can be exported in common formats including statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata and R), CSV, Excel, and CDISC ODM.
In situations where the internet is not available, you can collect data using the REDCap Mobile App.* The REDCap Mobile App allows you to collect and temporarily store data offline on an iOS (iPhone/iPad) or Android device and upload it onto the server once an internet connection is available.
*Note: REDCap Mobile App not available on all Yale/YNHH servers.
REDCap features continue to evolve with each new upgrade. Please note that the features below may not be available in all Yale/YNHH systems. The Data System Triage team can help determine which is best suited to your study design.
- Data Access Groups
- Customizable dashboards with dynamic content
- Field validation
- eConsent
- Contact list for survey respondents including:
- automatic survey invitation
- survey-specific email invitation fieldsREDCap Mobile App tool to capture data offline
- Import data collection forms from a library of validated instruments including PROMIS© and Neuro-QoT Computerized Adaptive Tests (CAT)
- Audit trails with field-level tracking
- Automated export procedures to Excel/CSV, PDF, and common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, R)
- File upload fields
- Action tags to perform functions
- Ontologies for data field choices
- Built-in project calendar
- A randomization module
- A scheduling module
- Integration with Mosio for text messaging
- Special characters and foreign language options (e.g. Chinese, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese)
- Ad hoc reporting tools