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A '''remote data entry'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Privacy Impact Assessment: Remote Data Entry System |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/242456.pdf |website=2009-2017.state.gov |publisher=Department of State, Office of Information Programs and Services |access-date=14 April 2026}}</ref> ('''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.
The development of RDE systems 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 It has largely been replaced by a newer generation of software called electronic data capture, or EDC, that provides the same type of functionality over the Internet using web pages.
==See also== * Clinical data acquisition * Electronic data capture, provides a brief history of the RDE and EDC software landscape, [http://gwaber.com/remote-jobs remote jobs].
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