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Integration with Infonetica: Ethical Review ManagementIntegration with Infonetica: Ethical Review Management
Pure can set up with an integration with Infonetica, a software solution for the management of ethics reviews (https://www.infonetica.net/). The integration with Infonetica enables Research administrators and researchers working with applications and awards in Pure to have the current status with regard to the related ethical project in Infonetica to support the efficient administering of the research process.
This feature is only available as part of the Award Management Module.
The requirement for "Ethical reviews" or ethical approval on research projects has been slowly expanding to further than the usual medical fields and research in which the researchers plan to work with human and/or animal subjects or DNA. This results in institutions needing more capability in creating and managing the process of application for an ethical approval and the administering of the period of approval.
Data is imported from Infonetica on a scheduled basis and an ethics review record is created in Pure. The ethics records can then be linked to other related record types in Pure such as Applications and Awards.
Before enabling this integration, Pure and Infonetica must be correctly configured. Note that the username in Pure and the email address stored in ERM system must be the same.
How to configure integration
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| The status types in Infonetica must be selected to match 'Reply Statuses' in Pure. Most of the date fields in this integration are based on the date the status is changed to a new status type. If the statuses are configured incorrectly in Infonetica, the statuses and date fields will not appear correctly in Pure. |
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Ethical Review Types in Pure must match Application Types in ERM. This can be done by copying the Application Types from Infonetica to Pure. To do this go to Pure> Administrator > Ethical Reviews > Types and click ‘Add Type’. |
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Ethical Review Roles in Pure must be configured such that the ERM project owners are received as Chief Investigators in Pure and all other investigators in ERM projects are listed as Named Investigators in Pure. In Pure, search for ‘Ethical Review Roles' and ‘Add classification’. Note that the URI must display as:
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Ethical Review IDs need to be configured so that the ERM Project IDs are received in Pure. This can be done in Pure by searching for 'Ethical Review IDs' and selecting ‘Add classification’. Note that the URI must display as:
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Ethical Review links need to be configured so that the link to the applicant form in ERM is received in Pure. In Pure search for 'Types of Links for Ethical Reviews' and ‘Add classification’. Note that the URI must display as:
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If required, enable the workflow step in Pure. All ERM projects will appear in the workflow step 'Reply Received'. To do this go to Pure > Administrator > Ethical Reviews > Workflow step configuration and select ‘Standard’. |
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Once Infonetica and Pure have been correctly configured, it is possible to enable the integration.
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| To enable the integration with Infonetica first go to Administrator > Award Management and enable 'External Ethical Review Management' in Pure. |
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Then go to Administrator > Ethical reviews > External ERM Configuration and click ‘Enable Integration’. In the configuration page add:
No data is required for Authentication URL, User ID, or Secret. |
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Published at April 03, 2025