About DCM Tracking

Based on a schedule established during study design Oracle Clinical creates an internal schedule of expected visits — clinical planned events (CPEs) — and their associated Data Collection Modules (DCMs; groups of related questions), and checks if the expected responses to them arrive as planned. You can access this information through the Maintain Missing DCMs window in the Data Entry menu.

Oracle Clinical's DCM tracking process makes it possible to:

• Track detailed DCM activity for a given patient within a specified time, ranging from past visits to planned future visits.

• Control the reporting of DCMs that have optional and early termination visits.

• Use the study's CPE schedule to project dates for Missing and Expected DCMs.

• Focus on Missing and Overdue DCMs for studies, sites, patients, and visits.