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. 2016 Nov;23(6):1185-1189.
doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocv208. Epub 2016 Apr 19.

Developing a digital data collection platform to measure the prevalence of sepsis in Wales

B Sharif  1 , R M Lundin  1 , P Morgan  2 , J E Hall  3 , A Dhadda  1 , C Mann  1 , D Donoghue  1 , E Brownlow  1 , F Hill  1 , G Carr  1 , H Turley  1 , J Hassall  1 , M Atkinson  1 , M Jones  1 , R Martin  1 , S Rollason  1 , Y Ibrahim  1 , M Kopczynska  1 , T Szakmany  4   5 ; Welsh Digital Data Collection Platform Collaborators (see Appendix A)
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Developing a digital data collection platform to measure the prevalence of sepsis in Wales

B Sharif et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

Objective: To develop a secure, efficient, and easy-to-use data collection platform to measure the prevalence of sepsis in Wales over 24 hours.

Materials and methods: Open Data Kit was used on Android devices with Google App Engine and a digital data collection form.

Results: A total of 184 students participated in the study using 59 devices across 16 hospitals, 1198 datasets were submitted, and 97% of participants found the Open Data Kit form easy to use.

Discussion: We successfully demonstrated that by combining a reliable Android device, a free open-source data collection framework, a scalable cloud-based server, and a team of 184 medical students, we can deliver a low-cost, highly reliable platform that requires little training or maintenance, providing results immediately on completion of data collection.

Conclusion: Our platform allowed us to measure, for the first time, the prevalence of sepsis in Wales over 24 hours.

Keywords: computers; data collection; handheld; prevalence; sepsis; wales.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

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Schematic demonstrating the flow of data through the ODK system for the study.
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Distribution of year of study for medical student participants.
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