Abstract

The Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) data management platform was developed in 2004 to address an institutional need at Vanderbilt University, then shared with a limited number of adopting sites beginning in 2006. Given bi-directional benefit in early sharing experiments, we created a broader consortium sharing and support model for any academic, non-profit, or government partner wishing to adopt the software. Our sharing framework and consortium-based support model have evolved over time along with the size of the consortium (currently more than 3200 REDCap partners across 128 countries). While the "REDCap Consortium" model represents only one example of how to build and disseminate a software platform, lessons learned from our approach may assist other research institutions seeking to build and disseminate innovative technologies.

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DisseminationSoftwareComputer scienceData sharingGovernment (linguistics)Knowledge managementData scienceEngineering managementWorld Wide WebEngineeringTelecommunicationsMedicine

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Biomedical ResearchHumansInformation DisseminationInternationalityMedical InformaticsSoftware

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Year
2019
Type
article
Volume
95
Pages
103208-103208
Citations
21147
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Paul A. Harris, Robert J. Taylor, Brenda L. Minor et al. (2019). The REDCap consortium: Building an international community of software platform partners. Journal of Biomedical Informatics , 95 , 103208-103208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103208

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10.1016/j.jbi.2019.103208
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31078660
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PMC7254481

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