The Cambridge Cognitive and Psychiatric Assessment Kit (CamCOPS): A Secure Open-Source Client–Server System for Mobile Research and Clinical Data Capture

CamCOPS is a free, open-source client–server system for secure data capture in the domain of psychiatry, psychology, and the clinical neurosciences. The client is a cross-platform C++ application, suitable for mobile and offline (disconnected) use. It allows touchscreen data entry by subjects/patien...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bf100d743e664392bfb7ac5bde7953642021-11-17T06:51:25ZThe Cambridge Cognitive and Psychiatric Assessment Kit (CamCOPS): A Secure Open-Source Client–Server System for Mobile Research and Clinical Data Capture1664-064010.3389/fpsyt.2021.578298https://doaj.org/article/bf100d743e664392bfb7ac5bde7953642021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.578298/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-0640CamCOPS is a free, open-source client–server system for secure data capture in the domain of psychiatry, psychology, and the clinical neurosciences. The client is a cross-platform C++ application, suitable for mobile and offline (disconnected) use. It allows touchscreen data entry by subjects/patients, researchers/clinicians, or both together. It implements a large and extensible range of tasks, from simple questionnaires to complex animated tasks. The client uses encrypted data storage and sends data via an encrypted network connection to a CamCOPS server. Individual institutional users set up and run their own CamCOPS server, so no data is transferred outside the hosting institution's control. The server, written in Python, provides clinically oriented and research-oriented views of tasks, including the tracking of changes over time. It provides an audit trail, export facilities (such as to an institution's primary electronic health record system), and full structured data access subject to authorization. A single CamCOPS server can support multiple research/clinical groups, each having its own identity policy (e.g., fully identifiable for clinical use; de-identified/pseudonymised for research use). Intellectual property rules regarding third-party tasks vary and CamCOPS has several mechanisms to support compliance, including for tasks that may be permitted to some institutions but not others. CamCOPS supports task scheduling and home testing via a simplified user interface. We describe the software, report local information governance approvals within part of the UK National Health Service, and describe illustrative clinical and research uses.Rudolf N. CardinalRudolf N. CardinalMartin BurchellFrontiers Media S.A.articleclinical informaticsresearch data capturecognitive assessmentpsychologypsychiatryclinical neurosciencesPsychiatryRC435-571ENFrontiers in Psychiatry, Vol 12 (2021)
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topic clinical informatics
research data capture
cognitive assessment
psychology
psychiatry
clinical neurosciences
Psychiatry
RC435-571
spellingShingle clinical informatics
research data capture
cognitive assessment
psychology
psychiatry
clinical neurosciences
Psychiatry
RC435-571
Rudolf N. Cardinal
Rudolf N. Cardinal
Martin Burchell
The Cambridge Cognitive and Psychiatric Assessment Kit (CamCOPS): A Secure Open-Source Client–Server System for Mobile Research and Clinical Data Capture
description CamCOPS is a free, open-source client–server system for secure data capture in the domain of psychiatry, psychology, and the clinical neurosciences. The client is a cross-platform C++ application, suitable for mobile and offline (disconnected) use. It allows touchscreen data entry by subjects/patients, researchers/clinicians, or both together. It implements a large and extensible range of tasks, from simple questionnaires to complex animated tasks. The client uses encrypted data storage and sends data via an encrypted network connection to a CamCOPS server. Individual institutional users set up and run their own CamCOPS server, so no data is transferred outside the hosting institution's control. The server, written in Python, provides clinically oriented and research-oriented views of tasks, including the tracking of changes over time. It provides an audit trail, export facilities (such as to an institution's primary electronic health record system), and full structured data access subject to authorization. A single CamCOPS server can support multiple research/clinical groups, each having its own identity policy (e.g., fully identifiable for clinical use; de-identified/pseudonymised for research use). Intellectual property rules regarding third-party tasks vary and CamCOPS has several mechanisms to support compliance, including for tasks that may be permitted to some institutions but not others. CamCOPS supports task scheduling and home testing via a simplified user interface. We describe the software, report local information governance approvals within part of the UK National Health Service, and describe illustrative clinical and research uses.
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title The Cambridge Cognitive and Psychiatric Assessment Kit (CamCOPS): A Secure Open-Source Client–Server System for Mobile Research and Clinical Data Capture
title_short The Cambridge Cognitive and Psychiatric Assessment Kit (CamCOPS): A Secure Open-Source Client–Server System for Mobile Research and Clinical Data Capture
title_full The Cambridge Cognitive and Psychiatric Assessment Kit (CamCOPS): A Secure Open-Source Client–Server System for Mobile Research and Clinical Data Capture
title_fullStr The Cambridge Cognitive and Psychiatric Assessment Kit (CamCOPS): A Secure Open-Source Client–Server System for Mobile Research and Clinical Data Capture
title_full_unstemmed The Cambridge Cognitive and Psychiatric Assessment Kit (CamCOPS): A Secure Open-Source Client–Server System for Mobile Research and Clinical Data Capture
title_sort cambridge cognitive and psychiatric assessment kit (camcops): a secure open-source client–server system for mobile research and clinical data capture
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