Background The increasing global burden of long-term illnesses necessitates high-quality data to inform effective interventions, particularly in low-resource settings. Despite the critical role of ...

In the early 2000s, Paul Harris, a research informatics faculty member and bioengineer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, noticed a pressing problem. While working with research teams, he found ...

Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information used for research. Collecting data is one of the most important steps in the research process, and is part of all disciplines ...