Many recognize REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture software), created and managed by Vanderbilt University, as a leading tool for building and managing online surveys and databases. This secure, web-based data collection software is often utilized by research clients who want to create successful, organized, and efficient projects. Mosio works with many clients to integrate its two-way text messaging software for research into REDCap. Whether you are a REDCap Admin, Developer at your organization looking for new ideas, or a research team looking for interesting ways to integrate text messaging into your research projects via REDCap, we hope you’ll find a nugget or two in the list below. Here is a slide presentation of 11 ways we think text messaging makes your REDCap-utilized studies even more powerful...

1. 11
Ways
Text
Messaging
Makes
REDCap
an
Even
More
Powerful
Data
Capture
Tool

2. SURVEYS:
LINK
TO
SURVEY
TEXT
1
Link-­‐to-­‐Survey
Text
Text
messaging
gives
you
the
op?on
to
send
par?cipants
a
link
to
more
in-­‐depth,
web-­‐based
SMS
surveys.
With
proper
text
messaging
soLware,
web
links
can
be
unique
and
trackable.
!

3. SURVEYS:
SURVEY
REMINDERS
Survey
Reminders
To
ensure
survey
comple?on,
friendly
“nudge”
reminders
can
be
sent
automa?cally
if
the
survey
hasn’t
been
completed
within
a
certain
?me
frame.
2

4. ALERTS
Text
alerts
get
your
message
across
to
groups
or
specific
individuals.
Alerts
provide
an
excellent
opportunity
to
recruit
par?cipants
or
adver?se
your
study.
Scheduled
or
real-­‐?me
alerts
are
useful
to
inform
par?cipants
or
study
team
members
of
new
updates
and
info.
3

5. APPOINTMENT
REMINDERS
4
Text
message
appointment
reminders
have
been
shown
to
reduce
no-­‐
show
rates
in
studies
while
reducing
resources
by
92%*
when
compared
to
phone
call
reminders.
*
http://www.appliedclinicaltrialsonline.com/quintiles-­‐phase-­‐i-­‐unit-­‐tackles-­‐trial-­‐shopping
!

6. MEDICATION
ADHERENCE
5
Pa?ent
medica?on
adherence
is
extremely
important
in
maintaining
study
protocols.
Text
reminders
are
a
non-­‐intrusive
way
to
remind
pa?ents
to
take
ac?on.
Pa?ents
can
respond
with
a
simple
alphanumerical
character
if
they
have
taken
their
medica?on
on
that
par?cular
day.
Increased
pa?ent
medica?on
compliance
leads
to
more
accurate
data
for
your
study.
Y

7. STUDY
COMPLIANCE
REMINDERS
6
A
study’s
success
comes
down
to
the
most
important
group
of
individuals
in
the
process:
The
parJcipants.
Text
messaging
increases
compliance
by
directly
engaging
par?cipants,
making
it
easier
for
them
to
s?ck
with
the
study
(reminders,
alerts,)
and
giving
them
?mely
advice,
informa?on
and
updates.

8. TEXT-­‐BASED
INTERVENTIONS
7
A
text-­‐based
interven?on
may
be
useful
in
making
par?cipants
aware
of
any
important
changes
they
may
have
to
make
during
the
course
of
the
study
(medica?on
dosage,
lifestyle
changes,)
or
even
making
pa?ents
aware
of
tes?ng
results
and
the
need
to
make
changes
based
on
these
results.

9. COLLECT
DATA
VIA
MOBILE
PHOTOS
8
You
can
ask
paJents
to
respond
to
text
with
pictures
of
medicaJons
to
help
ensure
compliance,
a
photo
of
their
health/symptom
tracking
journal,
or
even
at-­‐home
test
results
(vital
signs
or
blood
glucose
tes?ng,
for
example.)

10. MOTIVATE
AND
RETAIN
STUDY
PARTICIPANTS
9
ParJcipants
volunteer
their
?me,
energy
and
health
to
further
clinical
research,
so
make
sure
to
remind
them
how
their
dedica?on
is
making
a
posiJve
impact.

11. DELIVER
INCENTIVES
10
Offer
incenJves
via
SMS
text
for
survey
comple?on,
aaending
appointments,
tex?ng
photographical
data,
or
fulfilling
any
important
study
requirements.
Code:
D52YX

12. TEXT
MESSAGES
TRIGGERED
FROM
THIRD
PARTY
SOFTWARE
OR
DEVICES
11
Two-­‐way
text
messages
can
be
triggered
via
third
party
soLware
to
achieve
a
variety
of
func?ons,
such
as
reminding
pa?ents
to
sync
their
wearable
devices
(fitness
tracking,
heart
rate
or
blood
pressure
monitoring),
or
take
them
along
a
series
of
text-­‐based
interven?on
messages
as
part
of
a
study.

13. Text
messaging
enhances
and
integrates
with
REDCap
and
research
data
collec?on
soLware.
The
op?ons
are
limitless.
Contact
Mosio’s
Development
Team
haps://www.mosio.com/contact-­‐mosio-­‐dev/
Text
Us:
415.799.4144
www.mosio.com