Talk:Practitioner Research Network

The PRN website could work in several ways.

1. It could be integrated with this wiki. In this case there would be a wiki page for a particular research project with links to pages for data submission as well as attachments containing the research study guidelines for subject selection, assessment, treatment and outcome measurement.


 * google docs could work for creating data entry forms. Or spreadsheet converter could be used.

2. A 'from scratch' website could be designed with would guide a project head through the creation of a custom page for the project that would link to the above mentioned resources. In the case of custom designed site the code could be designed to inquire of the project head as to what kinds of data will be collected and then automatically create the appropriate data entry webforms.


 * php/mysql (a scripting language and database system) could work or there maybe newer & easier ways to do this.

One problem is the technical expertise required to design a projects data entry forms. Will there be an ISNR supported programmer for this or will the project have to be self-supporting in that regard? or do we want to have standardized forms?

Jaygattis 15:33, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

This is an interesting tool. Though I'm guessing it costs far too much to use for our little organization. InfoEd Jaygattis 16:45, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

New Solution!
I found an excellent tool that I think would work very well for our needs. OpenClinica. This is an Open Source solution for running remote site clinical trials. It is very powerful and flexible.

Jaygattis 00:23, 1 August 2008 (UTC)