Remote Data Entry

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 life sciences industry for collecting patient data from participants in clinical research studies -- research of new drugs and/or medical devices.

Typically, RDE systems provide:
- a graphical user interface component 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 It has largely been replaced by a newer generation of software called Electronic Data Capture, or EDC, that provides the same type of functionality over the Internet using web pages.

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Data processing

Data processing is any computer process that converts data into information or knowledge.[1] The processing is usually assumed to be automated and running on a computer. Because data are most useful when well-presented and actually informative, data-processing systems are often referred to as information systems to emphasize their practicality. Nevertheless, the terms are roughly synonymous, performing similar conversions; data-processing systems typically manipulate raw data into information, and likewise information systems typically take raw data as input to produce information as output.

Process of Data Processing

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