eDiary

eDiary is an electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment (eCOA) software developed by Dacima Software. It supports building online diaries that study participants complete using a PC, tablet, or smartphone, enabling direct data collection from patients at the point of experience. The tool is designed for medical and health-related research studies and complies with FDA 21 CFR Part 11 and Good Clinical Practices (GCP), including a complete audit trail.

eDiary is aimed at clinical research teams that need to improve patient engagement and maintain data quality throughout diary-based data collection workflows.

Core Features

• Designed for smartphone use to support easy daily completion by participants.
• Integrated with the Visit Scheduler module to coordinate diary tasks with study visits.
• Sends scheduled links to participants for diary completion at defined timepoints.
• Supports sending multiple reminders via email or SMS.
• Notifies sites when a diary has expired.
• Customizable invitation emails and SMS messages.
• Welcome and completion pages can be tailored to study requirements.

Data Management and Reporting

• Tracks patient diary completion through custom reports and dashboards.
• Supports conditional dependencies to enable or disable fields, show or hide fields, trigger popup messages, and change field colors based on responses.
• Offers multiple data extraction options to suit different output needs.
• Includes a Query Builder for extracting data subsets and generating aggregate or summary statistics reports.
• Built-in reports provide summary statistics, data dictionaries, data query reports, and additional outputs.

Diary Manager

• Provides access to diary management tools for tracking respondent completion status.
• Manages invitations, reminders, welcome pages, and other participant-facing content.
• Includes reporting, data extraction options, and the Query Builder for creating custom reports and outputs.

Dacima Software is part of the EvidentIQ Group. A trial version of the software, including a 30-minute guide, is available on request, and personalized demos can be booked for study-specific feedback.