“ 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. ”

iDataFax 3.8.3 is now available - give it a try!

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A demo study is available to all current DataFax clients at idemo.datafax.com.

The demo study includes example roles and tasks for:

  1. Data Entry - as it would be performed by the clinical sites
  2. Data Managers - processing faxed forms, reviewing data entry, coding, etc.
  3. Site Monitors - comparing data recorded in iDataFax with medical records
  4. View Only - for anyone who needs to see but not touch or export data

To request a login account for each of these roles send a request to support@datafax.com.

To download iDataFax 3.8.3 for Windows 2000/XP/Vista (9.6MB) click here.

To download the complete iDataFax, DFsystem, DFsetup, DFbarcode 3.8.3 package for Windows 2000/XP/Vista (28.4MB) click here.

The complete 3.8.3 release is available on the Software Downloads page.

iDataFax 3.8.3 now includes the following Views:

  • Fax - process incoming image files of CRFs, source documents, etc.
  • Data - data entry and reviews
  • Queries - review data queries
  • Reasons - review reasons for data values
  • Reports - standard study management reports
  • Status - work flow management (new)
  • List - spreadsheet style data views (new)

Here's a list of the most significant enhancements since version 3.8.2 (June 2007):

New Views

  • Status - shows work flow status for all data and metadata records
  • List - spreadsheet views and data export functions

Quick Links between Views

  • jump from a query in Query View to the data field in Data View (and back)
  • jump from a reason in Reason View to the data field in Data View (and back)
  • jump from a record in List View to the same record in Data View (and back)

Task Management

  • define tasks with instructions and record retrieval criteria for specified users or roles

Work Flow Management

  • retrieve records by double clicking any cell in Status View tables

DDE Mode

  • new mode for double data entry tasks

Data Export

  • new interfaces for exporting SAS data sets and simple spreadsheets

Edit Checks (new functions)

  • dfaccess - conditional data field locks
  • dfstay - block record save and put focus on a specified field
  • dfgetseq - get list of sequence numbers for a specified plate
  • new field reference syntax by keys: @[id,visit,plate,field]

Image Management

  • link multiple images of CRFs and other documents to any data record

Study Setup

  • new redesigned tool for study creation
  • merges all study specifications in one place
  • import any specification from any other study

User Permissions (new controls)

  • control what users can print (blank CRFs, completed CRFs, fax images, etc.)
  • separate control over each component of new internet based DFsetup tool

User Preferences (new options)

  • new task record traversal options
  • all possible vertical and horizontal screen splits for data and image windows
  • list view: column names, color coding, value labels, date and text options