Data Collection of Medication - Impact of Autocompletion in eCRFs on Efficiency and Data Quality
Naziyok, T.P.; Feeken, C.; Zeleke, A.A.; Dörks, M.; Röhrig, R.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 243: 70-74
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 1879-8365 PMID: 28883173 Document Number: 692037
Openclinica Input Completion (OIC) was developed to increase the efficiency to enter drugs in eCRF in OpenClinica®. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact on efficiency and data quality as well as usability. 20 participants were asked to input 15 drugs with the new tool and by hand. The mean input time got decreased from 16:12m to 3:59m. 31 of 300 (10%) of manual entered medication data sets had one or more errors versus 10 of 300 (3,3%) data sets entered with OIC. OIC was able to increase efficiency and data quality. We conclude that new additions to the graphical user interface in electronical Case-Report-Form (eCRF) systems should be validated before usage in research projects.