About the gICS®
The collection, processing and use of medical research data generally requires the informed consent of the data subject for a specific purpose, known as informed consent (IC) (see Art. 6-11 GDPR). In addition to this classic opt-in approach (with IC), legal requirements (e.g. GDNG, KFRG, ePA) may permit the collection and use of data without the prior consent of data subjects (opt-out). In both cases, however, the obligation to provide evidence to supervisory authorities (Art. 5 para. 2 GDPR) and the data subject's will not to participate (withdrawal, objection) should be taken into account. Therefore, in the context of constantly growing national and international research initiatives, a reliable and efficient procedure for the digital management of the data subject's will is indispensable as the basis for legally permissible data processing.
The consent management solution gICS® supports both approaches: opt-in and opt-out. gICS® can be integrated into purely paper-based consent processes (import of scans and structured documentation) and supports the necessary quality assurance. Purely digital workflows (digital signature, tablet integration, API) can also be realised quickly and easily. Comprehensive analysis mechanisms allow all consent-related documents of a data subject to be analysed in real time in a traceable and reproducible manner at any time and the valid consent status to be determined.
Templates for required documents (consents, withdrawals, objections, etc.) can be created, edited and exported or imported in the WYSIWYG editor. A wide range of response options, freely configurable additional fields, individual validity specifications (from/to date, period, age) and the option of storing properties of external systems allow a wide range of requirements for research projects and registry projects to be implemented.
Additional Information
License: AGPLv3
Copyright: 2014 - 2025 Trusted Third Party of the University Medicine Greifswald
Contact: Form
Concept and implementation: Lars Geidel, Peter Penndorf, Frank-Michael Moser
Web-Client: Arne Blumentritt, Martin Bialke
User Manual
The current version of the user manual (German) for the gICS® is available at https://ths-greifswald.de/gics/handbuch.
API
All functionalities of gICS® are provided for external use via SOAP-interface, which is available from http://IP-ADDRESS:8080/gics/gicsService?wsdl. Further information and sample-requests are part of the user manual. The complete API description is available from https://ths-greifswald.de/gics/doc.
Note
The gICS® is freely available, was developed by the University Medicine Greifswald (Institute for Community Medicine) and published in 2014 as part of the MOSAIC project (funded by the DFG HO 1937/2-1).
Selected functions of gICS® were realised in MAGIC (funded by the DFG HO 1937/5-1), as well as within the framework of MIRACUM (funded by the BMBF 01ZZ1801M) and NUM (funded by the BMBF 01KX2021). The gICS® is continuously being further developed on the basis of project-specific requirements and feedback from the user community.
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