electronic case report forms (eCRFs) rethinked
What is re:forms?
re:forms (Research Forms) is a software for form-based data collection in science. It is designed to simplify data collection and also improve its quality. It can be used both centrally on the web and as an offline client with data synchronisation. re:forms is primarily intended for research projects that, for financial reasons, have to forego cost-intensive solutions and at the same time need an easy-to-use solution for high-quality data collection.
Supported use cases
- for most types of studies, such as intervention studies and healthcare-related studies (except for drug studies)
- general capture of form-based data of any kind
Functional overview
Publications and presentations
Berndt et. al. Evaluation of an offline-capable eCRF solution for dementia research as part of the DECIDE-2 project
(GMDS 2025, Poster) DOI: 10.3205/25gmds096
Franze et. al. Data processing and data quality in a dynamic prospective cohort study in the preschool setting –
first experiences from the ‘GIF M-V’ project with the eCRF solution re:forms
(DGEpi 2025, Poster) DOI: 10.1515/pubhef-2025-8001
Concept/ Development
Outlook
- Provision of a live-demo instance so that anyone interested can try out re:forms directly in their browser
- Provision of a docker image for self-hosting and testing with your own project data