Improving the understanding of back-pain by combining patient generated data with health-records.

Through collaboration between Leeds University, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Clinical Research Network West Midlands, EMIS, IQVIA and uMotif, an innovative smartphone app has been developed to capture real-time, patient reported data which is combined with participants’ electronic medical record creating an enriched datasets for researchers.

This significantly reduces physician burden and costs through efficient, cost-effective study recruitment and data extraction, as consent and data collection is undertaken through the app. This ground-breaking approach opens opportunities to revolutionise, how we efficiently identify, recruit patients and obtain real-time data from study participants, whilst allowing both patients and clinicians to more effectively manage their illness.

Enrolment occurs via the app. The app delivers study questionnaires at specified times with recorded data seamlessly entered onto the study database. It also allows patients to record real-time data, helping clinicians to develop individualised care-plans with their patient whilst symptom tracking empowers patients to self-manage their condition more effectively.

The study team require 30 practices to participate across the West Midlands. For further information please contact your local research facilitator