Going remote: Implementing digital research methods at an academic medical center during COVID-19

COVID-19 has forced medical research institutions to conduct clinical research remotely. Here, we describe how a university\u27s mHealth Research Core helped facilitate the shift to remote research during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019 (pre-pandemic), we conducted stakeholder interviews and leadership group sessions to identify, create, and implement resources and core functions to support investigator-initiated mHealth research. Between April 2019 and February 2020, we identified four investigator needs: 1)