“ DataFax levels the playing field for our small company in competing with the 'big companies'. Long gone are the days of the slow and labor-intensive process of physically retrieving hard copy case report forms from investigative sites, and thumbing through them for data entry and clean-up. ”

Common Features

A DataFax study is created in the same way using the same DFsetup tool (shown below) whether you plan to collect data by fax, electronic data capture or both. The data screens used in iDataFax for both fax and EDC data management are created automatically from these specifications.

iDataFax

Some of the other tools and features included in the DataFax clinical trial management system include:

  • DFsystem - study administration, study roles and user permissions
  • DFimport - loads ASCII data files, e.g. lab data
  • DFexport - exports ASCII data files, e.g. for Excel
  • DFsas - creates SAS data sets for statistical analysis
  • DFsqlloader - export and load SQL snapshots of the DataFax study database
  • DFpdf - creates PDFs containing specified patient CRFs
  • Study Status - shows database status and workflow levels
  • Reports - over 40 standard study management reports
  • Edit checks - a powerful language for creating generic and study specific data checks with access to all patient data
  • Visit map - used to specify patient scheduling and CRF requirements
  • Audit trail - create reports of changes made to data, queries and reasons