Use Case 1 – Alerting in Care

IT Support for Patient Recruitment

Clinical studies often fail due to the insufficient number of suitable study participants. In the use case “Alerting in Care – IT Support for Patient Recruitment” the consortium MIRACUM integrates recruitment platforms into the Hospital Information System environments at each of its participating university hospitals. This will support recruitment processes with innovative IT solutions applying existing routine data.

New therapeutic options, whether drugs, treatment methods or other medical products, are subject to complex testing procedures, including the conduct of studies. For pursuing such studies those responsible for the studies often face one major challenge: identifying and recruiting sufficient participants in a timely manner. In a university hospital´s busy daily routine with many studies running at the same time, today efficient tools are missing, which would easily identify patients who are eligible for the respective studies. Therefore, Use Case 1 of the MIRACUM consortium is developing a digital recruitment platform that is designed to automatically check who is suitable for a study based on existing patient data.