PCORnet is a national resource, funded by PCORI®, that enables insights from high-quality health data, patient partnership, and research expertise to deliver fast, trustworthy answers that advance health outcomes.
PCORnet® Study Generates Practice-Changing Insights for Pediatric Kidney Stone Surgery
Findings from the Pediatric KIDney Stone (PKIDS) trial, a PCORnet® Study conducted by the PKIDS Care Improvement Network, are helping to shape how clinicians approach kidney stone surgery in children and adolescents, demonstrating the power of patient-centered research at scale. The prospective observational study compared three surgical treatments for the removal of kidney and ureteral stones – ureteroscopy, shock wave lithotripsy, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy – to determine differences in stone clearance and time to return to school or work.
PCORnet® Playbook
Researchers who partner with PCORnet® have access to unique representative health data, research expertise, and patient insights. Whether you are a new or an experienced researcher, the PCORnet® Playbook is your go-to guide for navigating the PCORnet infrastructure, tapping into expert support, and integrating patient perspectives into your research from the start.
Research Highlights Illustrate Power of PCORnet®
Learn how researchers are using PCORnet to improve patient outcomes by fueling the kind of large-scale research needed to:
- Understand how different metabolic pathways interact
- Answer key questions in cardiovascular research
- Solve challenges in nephrology research
- Explore approaches to pediatric research
- Surface answers with rare disease research
ADVANCE
Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network (ADVANCE) is a PCORnet® Clinical Research Network that integrates electronic health record and community data for patients across the United States. ADVANCE maintains the nation’s most comprehensive data set on community-based health care organizations and the populations they serve.
Check out the ADVANCE Patient Engagement Panel Handbook
Special Journal Supplement
A PCORI-sponsored supplement of the journal Medical Care provides peer-reviewed open-access articles that demonstrate the robust scientific value of PCORnet in accelerating patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research.
Events
Lessons Learned from a Community Engagement Project in Sickle Cell Disease
August 11, 2026
12 noon – 1 pm (ET)
Participant Recruitment and Outcomes Data Collection in PCORnet® Study RESTORE: a Large, Multisite Pragmatic Clinical Trial
September 24, 2026
3 – 4 pm (ET)
Tools to Speed Study Start-up
Conduct patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research more efficiently by addressing some of the most time-consuming, costly, and difficult aspects of study start-up.