Use REDCap
Prerequisites
REDCap is a secure web platform for building and managing online databases and surveys. This instance is hosted and managed by UTHealth School of Public Health for its faculty, students and collaborators as a freely available resource. It is also available to the School of Nursing.
- Ensure that your workstation has been secured as per HOOP recommendations. Contact your LAN Manager if you need help.
- If you have critical or restricted data in your environment:
- If the data is on physical media such as a DVD, ensure that it is stored in a locked room/cabinet and accessible by authorized users only.
- Keep the media secured until the project is over as protection against accidental erasure.
- At project completion, ensure that the media is handled as per rules or regulations to which the data is subject, for instance via physical destruction or secure erasure.
- If the data is on your workstation, ensure that it is encrypted.
- Delete the data from your workstation securely or keep it encrypted if it is no longer needed.
- Check to see if the rule or regulation the data is subject to has specific disposal requirements.
- If the data is on physical media such as a DVD, ensure that it is stored in a locked room/cabinet and accessible by authorized users only.
Directions
Here are some common REDCap actions:
- Login to RedCAP or manage your account at https://redcap.sph.uth.edu/
- For a brief overview of how RedCAP is used, please watch this video
- Access training videos on how to use this instance of RedCAP at https://redcap.sph.uth.edu/index.php?action=training
- Reach out to the School of Public Health at SPHREDCap@uth.tmc.edu if you experience issues or have further questions
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