The U-CARE Platform – A platform for e-Health research
The U-CARE Platform (Platform) is the most advanced e-Health research platform in Sweden. It is designed to deliver e-Health interventions, such as web-based psychological interventions.
It is also designed to support the execution of digital study procedures, for example, randomization, web-based informed consent, and data collection.
Do you want to conduct research via the Internet?
The Platform can be used to conduct a number of different types of research. Examples include:
Quantitative research, including:
- Experimental studies such as randomised controlled trials of e-Health interventions delivered on the Platform
- Observational studies, such as cohort studies and cross-sectional surveys
Qualitative research, including:
- Semi-structured interviews by instant message or video-conference
- Focus groups via chat forums or video-conference
Feel free to contact project coordinator Miro Anter if you are interested in learning more about how U-CARE can be used for your digital healthcare research.
Why the U-CARE Platform?
- Enables the electronic delivery of different types of healthcare interventions, such as web-based psychological interventions.
- Facilitates the digital design and conduct of quantitative and qualitative research, utilizing a number of different study designs.
- Ensures high security via a two-step authentication through BankID or SMS.
- Includes a large number of features, including informed consent, randomisation, reminders, asynchronous participant-therapist communication (e.g., instant messages, chat forums, video-conferencing), and much more!
- Is accessible via computer, tablet, and phone.