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Temple University Health System / Temple University Health Sciences Campus REDCap
- This is the TUHS REDCap for users on the Temple Health Sciences Campus (HSC).
- If you are looking for the College of Public Health (CPH) REDCap, please go here: https://cphapps.temple.edu/redcap/
- If you are looking for the Fox Chase Cancer Center (FCCC) REDCap, please go here: https://studies.fccc.edu/redcap/
- If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation on how to use REDCap please contact Will Dean, Research and Data Services Librarian. He is available for both phone and video chat consultations.
- See bottom of page for information on Accessing the Temple University Health System (TUHS) Health Sciences Campus (HSC) REDCap.
Please log in with your user name and password. If you are having trouble logging in, please contact William Dean.
REDCap is a secure web platform for building and managing online databases and surveys. REDCap's streamlined process for rapidly creating and designing projects offers a vast array of tools that can be tailored to virtually any data collection strategy.
REDCap provides automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to Excel and common statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, Stata, R), as well as a built-in project calendar, a scheduling module, ad hoc reporting tools, and advanced features, such as branching logic, file uploading, and calculated fields.
Learn more about REDCap by watching a
brief summary video (4 min).
If you would like to view other quick video tutorials of REDCap in action and an overview of its features, please see the
Training Resources
page.
NOTICE: If you are collecting data for the purposes of human subjects research, review and approval of the project is required by your Institutional Review Board.
If you require assistance or have any questions about REDCap, please contact William Dean.
Accessing the Temple University Health System (TUHS) Health Sciences Campus (HSC) REDCap
How to Request Access
Temple University employees, students (excluding Lewis Katz School of Medicine medical students and residents), and extramural research collaborators affiliated with Temple University:
You can request a TUHS HSC REDCap account here:
https://redcap.link/TUHSHSCREDCapAccount
After setting up your TUHS HSC REDCap account, you can login to the TU HSC REDCap (see "How to Login" for instructions).
Lewis Katz School of Medicine students and residents:
If you have an active TUHS account, you can login to the Temple University HSC REDCap using your TUHS account login information (see "How to Login" for instructions).
If you need a TUHS account, please reach out to your TUHS reporting manager or department administrator and request that a Non-Employee Request be submitted via Employee & Manager Self-Service (Temple Health - The Hub) on your behalf.
Your date of birth, personal phone number, and personal email address must be included in this request, so make sure this information is provided to the manager or department administrator who is submitting your request.
How to Login
Temple University employees, students (excluding Lewis Katz School of Medicine medical students and residents), and extramural research collaborators affiliated with Temple University:
You will login with your TUHS HSC REDCap account information. If you need this information, please email the Temple University REDCap team at IT_Clinical_Research@TUHS.Temple.edu
Lewis Katz School of Medicine students and residents:
If you have an active TUHS account, your REDCap login is the same as your TUHS user ID. This is the same user ID you would use to login to Epic or a TUHS-managed device. This is not the same as your Temple University user ID, your TUID (9-digit #), or your Temple University or TUHS email address.
The Temple University REDCap team cannot provide you with your TUHS user ID. Your TU reporting manager, or department administrator, can access Employee & Manager Self-Service (Temple Health - The Hub) and obtain this information for you.
How to Reset Your Password
Temple University employees, students (excluding Lewis Katz School of Medicine medical students and residents), and extramural research collaborators affiliated with Temple University:
Please follow the password reset steps within REDCap to reset your password. For this to work, you must have already set a security question which can be done by clicking on the "My Profile" link in the top right of the screen.
Lewis Katz School of Medicine students, residents, and TUHS employees:
The Temple University REDCap team cannot manage TUHS password issues. Password issues are handled by TUHS IT: If you are having issues logging in, call the TUHS IT Helpdesk at 1-215-707-7008 (available 24/7/365) to ask for a TUHS account password reset. Please do not ask for a "REDCap password reset".
How to Access an Existing Project
To get access to an existing process, contact the project creator or manager. Ask them to add you to the project. More info on User Rights is viewable here.
How to Add a User to an Existing Project
Type the REDCap username (NOT full email address) of the user you would like to add to your project. Select their username from the drop-down list, then click "Add with custom rights." Following the remaining prompts.
If a user does not appear in the drop-down list, that means they have not logged into REDCap before. Users need to have logged into REDCap at least once before they can be added to a project.
There is a guide to REDCap here: https://guides.temple.edu/redcap
For help with setting up a project, or questions about using REDCap for you project, please contact Research and Data Services Librarian Will Dean at will.dean@temple.edu. If you would like to schedule a consultation about your REDCap project use this link: https://api3.libcal.com/appointments-widget.php?u=52686&iid=1621&t=Make%20an%20Appointment
REDCap Features
Build online surveys and databases quickly and securely in your browser - Create and design your project using a secure login from any device. No extra software required. Access from anywhere, at any time.
Fast and flexible - Go from project creation to starting data collection in less than one day. Customizations and changes are possible any time, even after data collection has begun.
Advanced instrument design features - Auto-validation, calculated fields, file uploading, branching/skip logic, and survey stop actions.
Diverse and flexible survey distribution options - Use a list of email addresses or phone numbers for your survey respondents and automatically contact them with personalized messages, and track who has responded. Or create a simple link for an anonymous survey for mass email mailings, to post on a website, or print on a flyer.
Data quality - Use field validation, branching/skip logic, and Missing Data Codes to improve and protect data quality during data entry. Open data queries to automatically identify and resolve discrepancies and other issues real-time.
Custom reporting - Create custom searches for generating reports to view aggregate data. Identify trends with built-in basic statistics and charts.
Export data to common analysis packages - Export your data as a PDF or as CSV data for easy analysis in SAS, Stata, R, SPSS, or Microsoft Excel.
Secure file storage and sharing - Upload and share any type of file with anyone in the world through the File Repository feature or Send-It tool. Also works with exports and other built-in file uploading features.
Data-based triggers and alerts - Send real-time alerts and notifications to your team or other stakeholders via email, text, or phone based on certain data being entered or specific questions having a particular answer.
Connect to other resources - Use built-in features (API) to move data to/from your project. Build your own custom software development features to connect your project to other systems.