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RHInno Ethics System Implementation at College of Medicine

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In its effort to improve the effectiveness of health research ethics review at the College of Medicine, The Research Support Centre (RSC) in Collaboration with the College of Medicine Research Ethics Committee (COMREC) has purchased a research ethics administration tool called RHInno Ethics.

What is RHInno Ethics?

RHInno is a system which provides research ethics committees (RECs) with a secure, fully cloud-based solution for managing and tracking   research applications throughout the entire life-cycle of the research projects. It oversees and manages data and automates the entire review life cycle. RHInno maintains the whole research governance process allowing users to improve management, avoid loss of documentation, speed up the review process and above all reduce the amount of paper used (hence environmental friendly). It is efficient and cost effective.

What is the overall objective of RHInno Ethics?

The overall objective of RHInno Ethics is to provide Research Ethics Committee (RECs), Researchers, the Regulatory Authority, and government with a web based information and management system that makes available quick and reliable ‘near real time’ data, tables and reports which can be used to monitor, evaluate and communicate.

What are the benefits?

  • Improving Quality – Accelerating Reviews.
  • Critical security features(Instant back up, encryption and authentication, data ownership and control).
  • Online engagement and discussion.
  • Increased accountability and transparency.
  • Standardised and harmonised review process.
  • Improve communication and avoid loss of documentation.
  • Uses low bandwidth

 

Who are the users of the system?

RHInno allows users to enter and manage information about projects and research protocols. The tool has three platforms for different users as below:

  • The Ethics Secretariat (Administration)
  • Reviewers
  • Researchers

 

 

Will this change the way COMREC works?

The new system will not change any of the cycles that exist in COMREC, rather all the systems will now be moved to the electronic way from paper based submissions. All meeting dates, turnaround times for the different cycles will remain the same.

 

What will happen if one cannot access the system?

The system will be rolled out in phases starting with new submissions and moving on to other submission categories. However, if one is unable to access the system they will be allowed to submit hard copies until the system is fully functional. The new system will be rolled out on 1st April 2016.

 

Soon COMREC will be implementing and conducting user training on the new system. In order to learn more about RHInno contact kmita@medcol.mw.