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Run a study

Clinics use Patient Watch for routine follow-up, audits, registries, and sponsored studies. We can tag and separate data so each programme stays distinct in exports and reporting - without mixing patients from different projects.

Routine follow-up vs research

Many clinics run both at once: everyday outcome tracking for injections and surgery, plus audits, registries, or manufacturer-sponsored studies. The workflows look similar to staff, but the data must stay separable for analysis and governance.

  • Routine care templates for your standard pathways
  • Dedicated study templates with protocol-specific schedules and forms
  • Clear labelling so exports never mix unrelated cohorts

Tagging and separating data

We tag data at the template and organisation level so you can filter and export by programme, site, or sponsor. Examples:

Study or audit label

Each patient diary can carry a study name, sponsor, or audit tag so exports filter to the right cohort.

Separate templates

Research programmes often use dedicated templates so routine clinic patients never mix with trial participants.

Organisation boundaries

Data stays within your organisation. Tags help you report by surgeon, site, or project without sharing across unrelated work.

What we set up for you

Study setup is collaborative. We typically agree:

  1. Inclusion criteria and which template(s) staff use to invite patients
  2. Questionnaires and visit schedule aligned to the protocol
  3. Tags or naming so your exports map to the study database or spreadsheet
  4. Who can invite patients (named clinicians, secretaries, or multi-site leads)

For complex programmes we also support multi-site organisations and role-based access so each site sees its own patients.

Exports and reporting

Outcome data exports to CSV for analysis in Excel, R, or your study tools. Because cohorts are tagged, you can pull only the patients enrolled in a given study or audit without manual cleanup.

Charts in the app give clinicians a quick view of an individual patient over time; exports support aggregate analysis across a tagged cohort.

Next steps

Tell us about your protocol - even a draft - and we will suggest templates, schedules, and tagging that match how your team actually works.