The REDCap Report (FY19)
Since REDCap’s first pilot project at Partners HealthCare in 2009, the program has now over 14,000 projects and steadily growing.
Meet the Team
The Enterprise Research Applications team supports researchers in their electronic data capture, web-based survey and application needs.
Since REDCap’s first pilot project at Partners HealthCare in 2009, the program has now over 16,000 projects and steadily growing.
PROJECT STATS
- In the first FY2010 of REDCap support
- 704 new projects created
- 219 projects moved to production
- In FY2019
- 2590 new projects created
- 1325 projects moved to production
PROD = Production; Active projects collecting data (not in development).
PROJECTS BY INSTITUTION
PROJECT TYPES
REDCap is not just for Research, although it is the best fit and highest use case. It can be used for Quality Improvement projects, Operations Support, and any Partners HealthCare business or research related need.
PROJECT TYPE BY INSTITUTION
Distribution of REDCap usage per institution with respect to project type. These normalized percentages show the top contributors to research, operational, quality, and other type of REDCap projects. The top two contributors are MGH and BWH, and the third place is McLean for research projects, and PHS for Quiality, Operational, and other type of REDCap projects.
NUMBER OF IRB PROTOCOLS
Of those projects using REDCap for human research studies, there are a total of 3317 Partners IRB protocols. Some protocols do require multiple REDCap projects for data collection.
USER STATS
REDCap’s user base is also growing steadily. Total Number of REDCap User Accounts: 23,000+
SUPPORT STATS
REDCap End User Support consists of:
- 1 FTE: funded by the Harvard Catalyst | The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center
- ¼ FTE: funded by Partners HealthCare Enterprise Research Infrastructure and Services (ERIS)
Within the last few years, we’ve had a steady increase in REDCap requests. As REDCap increases in functionality, so does the complexity of the requests we receive. Response times on average are faster than our standard SLA of 1-2 business days, but as volume continues to increase, response times have also been increasing.
- *1 - New ERIS EDC Support Ticket System implemented
- *2 - New Hire joined EDC Support as the primary support person
- *3 - New Hire joined EDC Support as the secondary support person
- FY2010, we averaged 8 new EDC requests per day.
- FY2013, the average was 22 new EDC requests per day.
- FY2018, the average was 32 new EDC requests per day.
- FY2019, the average was 29 new EDC requests per day.
| Year | Total Number of Requests |
|---|---|
| 2011 | 5554 |
| 2012 | 6000 |
| 2013 | 5607 |
| 2014 | 5625 |
| 2015 | 6603 |
| 2016 | 7572 |
| 2017 | 8416 |
| 2018 | 8349 |
| 2019 | 7168 |
REDCap PROJECTS
In addition to REDCap end user support, our team allocates another 1.5 FTE effort to work on the following projects throughout the year:
REDCap eRegulatory Binder: The Electronic Regulatory Binder is a project within REDCap that was developed by Partners Human Research Quality Improvement (QI) Program and Enterprise Research Infrastructure & Services (ERIS). The Electronic Regulatory Binder can assist sites with the electronic storage and maintenance of regulatory documents for Partners IRB approved protocols. We released v2.0 in FY2018 Q2. We're working on a centralized Staff Project for FY2019.
REDCap DDP on FHIR (Partners eCARE Integration): The intent of this initiative is to allow Users (typically Partners Researchers) who have access to EHR data to more easily import that data into their REDCap projects.
REDCap Clinicaltrials.gov Reporting : Harvard Catalyst has funded a dedicated programmer to launch this new service at Partners and nationally.
All services supported: https://rc.partners.org/research-apps-and-services/collect-data
HELP US REPORT ACCURATE REDCAP STATS:
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