Simple and SecureResearch – for Everyone.
OpenEDC is the first medical research platform that lets you get started in seconds. Without your data leaving your computer.
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OpenEDC is coming soon
We are currently working on the app and will release the public beta in a couple of weeks.
Application Areas
From Thesis to Clinical Trial
OpenEDC is the ideal solution for all types of research projects. From surveys during a doctoral thesis, to clinical outcomes study, to multi-centric studies. The modular concept allows the solution to be customized for every requirement.
Doctoral Thesis
Students and individual researchers can use OpenEDC locally on their own computers – without installation or registration. Surveys are easy to set up in compliance with the data protection regulations.
Outcomes Study
Clinics and practices can use OpenEDC to evaluate and continuously improve the outcome of their therapies. An app for patients allows user-friendly and digital follow-up. Interactive statistics provide insights in real time.
Registers
OpenEDC enables university hospitals, institutes and other research institutions to conduct large longitudinal and multi-centric trials such as registries and epidemiological studies. With the option of distributed data storage.
Clinical Trials
Prospectively, OpenEDC will also help medical product as well as drug manufacturers and Clinical Research Organizations to conduct clinical trials. Fully AMG, MPG, DSGVO, GCP and HIPAA compliant.
Features
A Variety of Opportunities
OpenEDC offers you all the essential functions to implement your research project quickly and easily.
Instant Availability
Start creating powerful forms, data tables and capturing information without registering. Everything runs solely on your computer or your mobile device. OpenEDC sets up a local database in your browser. Unless you explicitly choose to share data, no information will ever leave your computer.
Unlimited Modularity
OpenEDC is designed from the bottom up for extensibility. Use modules and question types that fit your research project. For example, you can integrate a high-security pseudonymisation service with just a few clicks or use a versatile document and file management system with all your colleagues.
Flexible Connectivity
OpenEDC builds on established data standards in medicine. So you can be sure that your data is collected in a sustainable format and can be further analysed by your colleagues. You can also easily connect OpenEDC with existing applications in your clinic and thereby import laboratory values, for example.
More Features
OpenEDC offers many features to support you with your study.
Form Builder
- Create intuitively even complex forms with conditional questions and calculated fields.
Pseudonymization
- Manage all participants of your trial – also completely pseudonymised if required.
Roles and Permissions
- User administration with customisable roles and permissions.
Distributed Data Storage
- Several clinics can participate in a study and store data only on site if required.
Audit Trail
- Audit-proof record of changes in the data set – according to GCP regulation.
Query Management
- High data quality through ticket-based monitoring and assignment of tasks.
Offline Data Capture
- Read, capture and save data even without an internet connection.
Reports and Insights
- Create and share visual evaluations and reports in real time.
Vision
Our Vision
References
Practical Experience
We are advocates for academic research and provide institutes with an open, customizable and flexible solution for diverse research projects.
“The major advantages of OpenEDC for us are user-friendliness, extensibility and interoperability. By supporting the CDISC ODM data standard, we can export and import both metadata and clinical data in a widely recognized format.”
“Decentralized data storage and record linkage is a vital factor for us. We use it to implement federated projects without disregarding the needs of the participating sites. Each clinic retains control over its data – and yet comprehensive monitoring is possible with OpenEDC.”
Get in Contact
For suggestions, questions and solutions, we have an open forum where everyone can sign up. The source code for our app will soon be available on GitHub. And we are always pleased to hear from you via mail!
