What is the service/product?
ZDataCloud is a Research Data Automation Platform delivered as SaaS with subscription packages. It automates main research methodologies from participant enrolment to a completed dataset ready for analysis.
Who needs it?
Researchers in social sciences, social medicine, public health, market research, and business, as well as research organizations and research centres of any size. It also helps junior researchers by reducing the learning curve to produce high-quality research.
What problem does it solve?
Traditional paper or electronic forms do not utilize computing advancements to improve research method quality or data quality. ZDataCloud integrates research methodologies and sampling techniques to guarantee the highest scientific quality data collection, management, and analysis.
How does IDM deliver it?
IDM delivers ZDataCloud as a SaaS platform with subscription packages, officially launched in mid-2021. The system includes five main modules, such as an eligibility module and electronic questionnaire, and automates cross-sectional, prospective cohort, and randomized controlled or parallel trial methodologies.
What are the deliverables?
The platform delivers a completed dataset ready for analysis, along with high-quality data collection, management, and analysis. It can also create a virtual research center for a single project or a full research information system infrastructure.
When should an organization use it?
An organization should use ZDataCloud when it needs to automate research methodologies, improve data quality, or build a virtual research center for a single research project or a small or large research centre. It is suitable for reducing the learning curve for junior researchers.
What alternatives exist?
Alternatives include Google Forms and Survey Monkey, which convert paper-based forms into electronic forms to facilitate data collection. However, these platforms do not add value for research method quality or data quality.
What differentiates IDM?
Unlike competitors that only provide electronic forms, ZDataCloud integrates research methodologies and sampling techniques, automates three main research methodologies, and includes five modules to support method and data quality improvement. It has been tested since 2012 and is used for the national mental health surveillance system in Saudi Arabia.
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