Recruitment Optimisation Support Team (ROST)

The Recruitment Optimisation Support Team (ROST) exists to meet the health informatics (HI) requirements of studies recruiting patients in the West Midlands area.  ROST develops HI tools for the purpose of identifying patients for research studies, consistent with the ACORD costing guidelines and the requirements of study protocols.  In addition, ROST also develops internal tools to aid the CRN during recruitment, such as templates for use with GP clinical systems for data collection purposes during research appointments and clinics.