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EDGE

Research at UH Bristol is on EDGE! 

Research & Innovation went live with the Trust-wide implementation of the e-dge research management system on 1 April 2012. We have been really pleased with how the implementation has progressed and now have nearly 700 researchers here at UH Bristol using the system.

R&I now use the system for all applications for sponsorship and NHS Permission and have uploaded a project record for every research study ongoing within the Trust. Researchers should use EDGE to keep an up-to-date record of recruitment to their studies as well as uploading recruitment to the NIHR Portfolio if necessary. Uploading recruitment data to the system has now become a condition of NHS Permission for research at UH Bristol. If you are unsure of how to do this, we have added some useful documents to the  general document store within e-dge to guide you through the process.

As we have now moved past the implementation phase, we are hoping the system's capabilities can start to be utilised to their full potential and will be keeping you all notified of some handy hints for using the system through the Trust's Twitter Feed (follow @UHBristolNHS), tips on our email signatures and updating our website.

Should you have any questions/queries about how e-dge will affect you please feel free to contact the R&I team on 0117 342 0233 or email research@uhbristol.nhs.uk

R&I have developed a number of "Handy Hints" to help researchers use the EDGE system:

  • Handy Hint #1: Keep an up to date record of personal development training and GCP which you can access anywhere by updating the 'my qualifications' tab on EDGE
  • Handy Hint #2: Use the researcher workflows at site level for guidance on the sponsorship or approval application process when submitting to the research management office
  • Handy Hint #3: Keep an eye on recruitment to your study by using the patient accrual reports under the 'statistics tab' of your project record on EDGE
  • Handy Hint #4: Check the site level attributes on EDGE for the R&D project reference number and research management facilitator allocated to your project, so that you can contact them directly should you need to.
  • Handy Hint #5: Access downloadable user guides and MS Word versions of researcher and R&D workflows using the general documents tab on the home page
  • Handy Hint #6: Store current versions of study documents on the files tab of the site level (red) project record so that you can access them anywhere you need to
  • Handy Hint #7: Use the staff tab on your project record (green level) for details of research staff from other sites working on your project
  • Handy Hint #8: Use the mail system on the home screen to send secure email to other users of EDGE

To access the EDGE system go to www.edge.nhs.uk

EDGE will be releasing version 2.0.2.0 On the 1st of October 2012. This version will contain a number of features relevant to both administrators and users. For more information on the new version please visit http://www.edgeclinicalresearch.com/edge-version-2-0-2-0-release/