Healthcare Innovation October 19, 2019
David Raths

New module in Epic’s App Orchard makes it easier to pull data elements for research studies

Fifteen years after it was launched, the open source REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) tool has grown to more than 3,600 institutions in 131 countries and 1 million users involved in both single and multi-site research studies. Although EHR integration has always been daunting, a new module that takes advantage of FHIR is available in Epic’s App Orchard and promises to make pulling data from EHRs for research purposes much easier.

REDCap is a web-based platform originally devised by Paul Harris, Ph.D., professor of biomedical engineering, biomedical informatics and biostatistics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

On Oct 18, Harris...

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