Statistics, Data Management and Information Systems Unit
About us
This department is in charge of data management at IECS and offers this service to other institutions that so need it.
The main activities are:
- Systems design and tools for data collection. Maintenance and safety service for systems
Systems can be designed in different platforms (off-line/ online) and they guarantee: easy use, restrictive use, back up, validation, data auditing (log audit trail), encryption of sensitive data
- Forms design and assessment tools ( CRF)
Forms are designed in paper and /or electronically (CRF and/or e-CRF), which guarantees a complete, reliable and consistent data collection
- Monitoring and data reporting ( data Monitoring)
There is a systematized and periodic monitoring of recruitment flow and data entry. Reports are programmed.
- Data quality control (Data Query and Quality Assurance)
The following is implemented to assure quality:
– Validations and double data entry to minimize errors during data entry
– Automatic processes for error detection, its registry and further solutions
- Data Entry
This department counts on the special service of its qualified group of data entry workers to upload data in different systems
- Database setup
- Statistical analysis
Further to its group of data entry workers, this department boasts a group of professionals who advise on the implementation of quantitative analysis to data from health-related studies
This institution is guided by international standards of quality (Good Clinical Practices) and ethics for the design, implementation, registry and report of studies involving participation of people
