REDCap Software Whats New Whats Next Rob Taylor

REDCap Software: What’s New & What’s Next Rob Taylor Lead Developer · REDCap Development Team Vanderbilt University Medical Center Download this presentation at http: //tinyurl. com/Redcap. Rob 2016

Before we take a look back…

Redesign of projectredcap. org

And a reminder…

Bugs and vulnerabilities are real Please keep your REDCap updated

What’s New in REDCap?

What’s New in REDCap? Let’s review the past year…

6. 10 – Project Folders

6. 10 – Survey Themes

6. 11 – Lots of new API methods • • • Arm import/delete Event import/delete Metadata import User rights import Create new project (via Super Token)

6. 12 – CDISC ODM support • Exporting data & metadata (including API) • Export/import an entire project as single XML file (including API)

6. 12 – Live Filters in Reports

6. 13 – Responsive design for user interface

6. 14 – Administrator To-Do List

6. 15 – Enhanced radios and checkboxes for surveys

Lots of other goodies • Delete Records API • Vertical Slider Fields • New Action Tags – – – @USERNAME @APPUSERNAME-APP @HIDEBUTTON @DEFAULT @BARCODE-APP

What’s Next for REDCap? A taste of what’s to come…

New user type: “Account Manager”

New user type: “Account Manager” • Can browse user accounts and edit user account settings • Can add users to the User Whitelist • Can send emails from Email Users page • Can create new user accounts (Table-based authentication only) • *Cannot* access other users’ projects or data

And of course…

Infinitely repeating forms and events (one-to-many data collection) Classic project • Repeat a form N times Longitudinal project • Repeat an event N times • And/or repeat a form N times

Infinitely repeating forms and events

Infinitely repeating forms and events Classic projects • Collect ad hoc longitudinal data • Collect repeating data of different instruments (e. g. meds, family members, adverse events)

Infinitely repeating forms and events Longitudinal projects • Repeat entire events of forms • Repeat a form on a given event

Infinitely repeating forms and events “Truly one of the greatest features in REDCap history. ” - No one [yet] And next…

Secure User Messaging

Secure User Messaging • Secure method of communicating within REDCap • User-to-user messaging as conversations • Send files securely to other users • Send one-way messages from administrators to users (announcements) • Also used for making users aware of new features in REDCap

Lots coming in the next few months! Summary: • Account Manager user type • Infinitely repeating forms and events • Secure user messaging

But what about in 2017?

But what about in 2017? Good question!

More than a decade of releasing new features, one after another. 400+ version releases!

Time to focus on the little things for a bit.

Improving overall user experience • Tweaks to improve UI - Less text, more modern-looking • Making existing functionality simpler, easier, and more efficient (less clicks, more straight-forward) • For new features, more minor features and less major features.