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Introducing Mosio SMS Service for REDCap
UMass Chan REDCap supports integration with Mosio, a third-party messaging platform for researchers.
REDCap currently works with Mosio in following way:
- Automated Survey Invitations: Sending REDCap survey links via text message.
- Alerts & Notifications
You can use Mosio's REDCap Direct integration with a UMass Chan REDCap project to send research participants survey questions, alerts, and notifications via SMS text.
Important:
- To use this feature, you must have a funded REDCap Direct account through Mosio.com. (You cannot use a free trial account.) For pricing information, see Order Mosio's REDCap Direct plan on Mosio website.
- The UMass Chan REDCap team is not responsible for managing Mosio accounts or the costs associated with them.
Step 1:
Buy Mosio Direct plan from Mosio website. Use the followoing link to set up a Mosio direct plan: Sign up for Mosio REDCap Direct. Make sure to select or add "UMass Chan Medical School" under Organization when you request Quote or Invoice for Mosio Direct Plan.
Step 2:
Please fill out "Request Form to enable Mosio in REDCap Project". Once filled out, our REDCap application admin will enable Mosio in your REDCap project and notify you.
All REDCap support related requests can be submitted via Support Link.
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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.
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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.