CDS manages an installation of the popular REDCap electronic data capture system and is a member of the REDCap consortium. You will find our REDCap server at http://redcap.fredhutch.org. CDS also provides extensive training in REDCap which you can explore on the REDCap Training page.
REDCap Defined
REDCap is a mature, secure web application for building and managing CRFs, data forms, and participant-completed surveys. REDCap stands for Reseach Electronic Data Capture -- it was created by and for researchers working in the academic / non-profit world.
REDCap is HIPAA-compliant and supports advanced features such as logging, validation, branching logic, e-signatures, randomization, calculated fields, and programming hooks. REDCap's mobile app allows allows for offline data capture using iPad and Android tablets. Collected data can be easily exported from REDCap to Excel and common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, and R).
The beauty of REDCap is that it's easy to get started but it also has advanced features and programming hooks to serve researchers needs when creating simple surveys all the way to conducting large complex research studies and projects.
REDCap has been used by thousands of non-profit institutions throughout the world on hundreds of thousands of projects. The REDCap group at Vanderbilt University manages the development of the REDCap code base; new features are being added every month that make REDCap better and better. CDS, which is an active member of the REDCap consortium, regularly maintains our REDCap installation so that it remains up-to-date.