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.
New PCORnet® Playbook Case Studies: Patient-Centered Health Research in Action
More than 300 research projects have used the PCORnet® infrastructure to support patient-centered health research that helps patients, caregivers, clinicians, health systems, and policymakers make better-informed healthcare decisions.
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
INSIGHT
INSIGHT, a PCORnet® Clinical Research Network, is one of the largest urban clinical networks in the nation, bringing together eight top academic medical centers in New York, NY and Houston, TX.
Check out INSIGHT's Research Readiness Snapshot, a planning tool that can help research sites document their current capacity to participate in PCORnet research and identify strengths, gaps, and priorities for growth.
Special Journal Supplement
A February 2026 PCORI-sponsored supplement of the journal Medical Care looks at the scope and scale of PCORnet. The 19 peer-reviewed open-access articles demonstrate the robust scientific value of PCORnet in accelerating patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research.
Events
Wednesday, May 6
12-1 pm (ET)
Join us for the webinar, Datavant Collaboration: Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage and Network Enablement.
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.