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REDCap and Rural Health: An Opportunity to Enhance Collaborative Research and Rural Health Care Delivery

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  • Gregory Ellis-Griffith

    (Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA)

  • Akihiko Michimi

    (Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA)

  • Gary English

    (Institute for Rural Health Development and Research & Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA)

  • Tina Peterson

    (Department of Social Work, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA)

Abstract

This paper describes the opportunities for promoting collaborative research and improving rural health care delivery by the implementation of REDCap software. In the era of advanced technologies, rapid development and dissemination of electronic health data may be possible. Health data are accessed by collaborating researchers in various academic disciplines through the Internet. Community-based approaches to health care delivery through the mobile health clinics may be integrated into the development and utilization of databases through REDCap to improve rural health. Multifunctional features of REDCap provide useful tools in various stages of health care delivery planning that support both research and operational endeavors. The authors will discuss potential usage of REDCap using an existing mobile health clinic in South Central Kentucky as a primary source of data, and describe how health data may be used in conjunction with REDCap with the goal of improving the health of rural communities in South Central Kentucky.

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  • Gregory Ellis-Griffith & Akihiko Michimi & Gary English & Tina Peterson, 2013. "REDCap and Rural Health: An Opportunity to Enhance Collaborative Research and Rural Health Care Delivery," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), IGI Global, vol. 2(1), pages 26-42, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jrqeh0:v:2:y:2013:i:1:p:26-42
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