Transcript Introduction to Clinical Research Management System (CRMS)

Joseph Finkelstein, MD, PhD
Chronic Disease Informatics Program
Johns Hopkins University
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CRMS is a web-based tool designed to organize
and streamline clinical research management
CRMS is supported by The Johns Hopkins
Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
(ICTR)
It is designed to improve communication among
study team members, store subject enrollment
information in a secure location, and run realtime reports
CRMS modules
◦ Subject Recruitment, Case Report Forms (Form Builder),
Subject & Protocol Registry, Specimen Tracking, Protocol
Schema & Patient Calendar, Data Warehouse, Financial
Management
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Form Builder is one component of CRMS
This web-based tool allows researchers to
build forms that are scientifically rigorous
and user-friendly
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Form Level
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Form creation, storage, modification, deletion
Data collection using web-based CRF
Embedded CRF instructions
Assigning multiple categories to the forms
Form search
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Research Protocol Level
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Enterprise Level
◦ Support main requirements for controlled randomized trials which
include: Double entry, Blinding, Scoring, Reporting, Alerting, and
Exporting operations with CRF for each trial
◦ Ability to limit access to their CRF by members of other research
protocols
◦ Maintaining and warehousing of research data coming from
different research protocols
◦ Implement industry standards for naming and transmission of
research data
◦ Ability to operate and store CRF in Hopkins data warehouse on an
aggregate level
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http://cdip.med.jhmi.edu/intro/Investigator
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