The proposed NIHR Electronic Data Capture service – helping democratise access to professional Electronic Data Capture tools
Date: 25 October 2021
We have identified that many researchers without CTU support lack access, funding and support for the Electronic Data Capture tools that they need to conduct research. They struggle with the cost, technical and IG complexity of Electronic Data Capture services, with many using paper forms and spreadsheets instead. This results in 1000s of studies and 100s of researchers lacking access to the tools they should be using to deliver effective research due to lack of funds and IT capability.
We are therefore investigating the development of an Electronic Data Capture service for those researchers whose circumstances often prevent them having access to these tools and we are entering a pilot of two EDC services over the next few weeks, between now and November the 5th, and we need more researchers to participate in this pilot.
We are therefore keen to get more researchers from our target group to assess the pilot, these should be researchers who:
- Have a need for an EDC solution
- But do not have CTU or other technical support to use one
- Do not have the budget or resources to access one
- Are also possibly early-careers researchers
If you believe that you have researchers in your organisation who meet the above profile, then we would like to offer you the opportunity to make a positive contribution to this programme, please get in touch with john.salisbury@nihr.ac.uk to sign-up or find out more.