User roles in HD4DP v4

There are several user roles are foreseen in the application HD4DP v2:

Local Study Lead: This role takes responsibility for the study or project within the participating health care organisation. Often this is the head of the clinical department that is involved in the study or project. The Local Study Lead can:

1. make registrations in HD4DPv2;
2. grant access to other colleagues (to role Local Study Lead, Local Study Associate or Local Study Support);
3. view all the registrations made by his/her colleagues (regardless their role) for the study or project.

Local Study Associate: The Local Study Associate is a healthcare professional that participates in the study or project. He/she reports/registers medical information towards the researcher using HD4DP v2 and thereby takes responsibility on the correctness of the reported information. He/she is considered to be the author of the registration. This will be represented in the registration form. The Local Study Associate can:

1. make registrations in HD4DPv2
2. grant access to other colleagues (to role Local Study Support);
3. only see his/her own registrations, not these of other colleagues in the same healthcare organisation participating in the same study or project.

Local Study Support: A Local Study Associate can delegate the registration to a Local Study Support. Often this is a administrative collaborator or staff of a department medical coding. The Local Study Associate is still considered the author of the registration; the Local Study Support is considered co-author. The Local Study Associate can view and change registrations made by the Local Study Support. The Local Study Support can:

1. make registrations in HD4DPv2
2. cannot grant access to other colleagues;
3. only see his/her own registrations, not these of other colleagues in the same healthcare organisation participating in the same study or project.