For research and development
We help you to
- Collect consent from participants.
- Develop new digital tools.
- Collect data for the study using digital forms.
- Support validation of your study and tools.
Amnicare is a CE-certified medical device (MDR Class IIa), signifying our expertise and authorization to develop advanced, medically robust features. With Amnicare, we streamline and automate the validation of new digital tools, making the process efficient and user-friendly.
Once validated, these tools are readily available for clinical use at public and private healthcare organizations.
With Amnicare, research teams can design a program that automatically handles data collection over time. The program feature allows you to initiate and send multiple measurement instruments simultaneously and at predetermined intervals. Here’s an example of how it works:
- Research plan
A researcher drafts a research plan and, if necessary, obtains approval from the appropriate ethical review authority to conduct the study. - Registration
A respondent (from either a normal or clinical population) is registered, and the research program begins. - Consent collection
Amnicare contacts the respondent to obtain consent and sends out participant information (in line with ethical review requirements). The respondent can sign the consent using an e-identity. - Baseline measurements
Amnicare collects baseline values using the selected measurement instruments. - Tools
Often, the tools developed by the research team are also digitized within Amnicare. These can be executed automatically by Amnicare. This may include treatment programs over time, journals, tests, or a combination of several tools. If tasks are performed outside of Amnicare, Amnicare instead supports by performing continuous measurements. - Continuous measurement
Amnicare regularly gathers data from research participants as frequently or infrequently as desired. We currently have studies with intervals ranging from every four hours to once every six months. You can easily define the desired time spans. - SMS notifications
Amnicare sends SMS messages with links to the measurements when there is something new for participants to respond to. If a response is missing, Amnicare automatically sends reminders after 24 and 72 hours. - Post measurement
Amnicare collects end values using the selected measurement instruments. - Analysis
Upon completion, or even during the study, the research team can export data from Amnicare for analysis. This can be done in a coded (anonymous) format if desired. We offer reports specifically designed for research, and the format (.csv) is compatible with SPSS and other statistical tools.
How we collaborate
As your digital partner, Amnicare assists you with:
- Project planning support.
- Coordination with Amnicare customers.
- Be a part of your funding applications.
- Development of new digital tools.
- Access to the research version of Amnicare.
- Access to Amnicare’s collection of tools.
- Distribution of your new tools to our customers.
The concept
Our goal is to be the digital platform for our customers, now and in the future. Supporting research is a core part of this vision. We see it as an investment and a contribution to a better world. We do not aim to profit from supporting your research. Instead, we hope the research outcomes will enrich Amnicare and strengthen our platform. Every research project is unique, so we work out the details of our collaboration together in dialogue.
Our base concept is:
- Cost coverage for the support we provide (see below).
- Researchers, or the organizations they represent, retain the rights to the collected data.
- Amnicare gains usage rights and can provide the results, such as a new digital tools, to our customers through the platform.
- Researchers, or their organizations, decide whether the results are freely available to our customers or if a fee applies.
Summary
By partnering with Amnicare, you gain access to:
- Our dedicated research platform.
- MDR Class IIa CE-certified environment.
- A secure platform for sensitive personal data, including medical records.
- Utilize all the tools available in Amnicare.
- Receive support from Stretch Care to manage access permissions.
- Secure login for your users using e-identity.
- Easily register a large number of participants.
- Send an unlimited number of tools.
- Collect digital consents with e-identity services.
- Create automated workflows (programs).
Pricing
Note: Every research study is unique. Stretch Care reserves the right to adjust prices, and we are happy to discuss specific setups with you. Contact us to discuss the details.
Below is our typical pricing model:
- Platform fee of 3,500 SEK per month.
- Minimum period is 6 months.
- Tool development and support available at a fixed price or on a running account.
- Consumable costs for tools with an associated fee, SMS, e-identity and similar will be charged at cost.
Terms and conditions
- All collected data is owned by the research group.
- We kindly request that Stretch Care and Amnicare be mentioned in the research report if possible.
- When developing new tools, unless otherwise agreed, the following applies:
- The research group owns the rights to the developed results.
- Stretch Care gains usage rights to the results.
- Distribution to end customers via Amnicare is ideally done at no cost to the end customer.
- Any pricing for end customers is determined by the research group in consultation with Stretch Care.
Contact Us
Please reach out to us at hejcare@stretch.se to start a dialogue about your research project!