Morak Jürgen, Schwetz Verena, Hayn Dieter, Fruhwald Friedrich, Schreier Gunter
Austrian Research Centers GmbH-ARC/eHealth Systems, Austria.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2008;2008:5334-7. doi: 10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650419.
Electronic data capture systems support data acquisition for clinical research and enable the evaluation of new investigational medical devices. In case of evaluating a device the most challenging part is the user interface i.e. the solution how to acquire the data within a clinical setting and to synchronize them with a web-based data centre. The aim of this paper is to describe the development of an electronic data capture system with a mobile data input solution based on mobile phones and Near Field Communication technology. This system was evaluated within a real clinical setting and demonstrated high usability, security and reliability.