{{Unreferenced, date=December 2009 A remote data entry (RDE) system is a computerized system designed for the collection of data in electronic format. The term is most commonly applied to a class of software used in the

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industry for collecting patient data from participants in

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studies—research of new drugs and/or medical devices. Typically, RDE systems provide: * a

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for data entry * a validation component to check user data * a reporting tool for analysis of the collected data RDE software was started in the mid- to late-1980s as software installed locally on portable computers with modems. It has largely been replaced by a newer generation of software called

electronic data capture An electronic data capture (EDC) system is a computerized system designed for the collection of clinical data in electronic format for use mainly in human clinical trials. EDC replaces the traditional paper-based data collection methodology to stre ...

, or EDC, that provides the same type of functionality over the Internet using web pages.

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