Leveraging technology in academic healthcare research

S Chethan Kumar

doi:10.51131/IJPCCR/v2i3.22

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Leveraging technology in academic healthcare research

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International Journal of Preclinical and Clinical Research

DOI: 10.51131/IJPCCR/v2i3.22

Year: 2021, Volume: 2, Issue: 3, Pages: 56-57

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Leveraging technology in academic healthcare research

S Chethan Kumar¹,^2*

¹Clinical Research Consultant, Basaveshwara Medical College and Hospital, Chitradurga 577502, Karnataka, India
²Co-founder & CEO, Karnataka, ResearchNeeds, Davangere, India

*Corresponding Author
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:11 October 2021, Accepted Date:10 November 2021, Published Date:26 November 2021

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

Technology is continuously evolving, and adopting the technology in research, especially in data management, is of utmost required. In India, researchers in most medical schools still rely on paper-based data collection methods for their academic research. Many times, it results in loss of data or errors at the end of the study. A handful of studies suggest that EDC systems can accelerate clinical studies, reduce the overall duration, and reduce data errors. Considering all these benefits, wider adoption of the technology in clinical studies is required among Indian researchers.

Keywords: EDC; Academic Research; eCRF

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© 2021 Kumar. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Published By Basaveshwara Medical College & Hospital, Chitradurga, Karnataka.