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- 16 new sites will expand the diversity of PCORnet® September 29, 2023A differentiator for PCORnet® has always been its ability to capture insights on diverse populations that clinical research studies often miss—and now that diversity is about to get even more robust. PCORI approved funding for the addition of 16 sites to expand the reach of the eight PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks (CRNs), a move that underscores PCORI’s continuing investment in ...
- PCORnet® Leaders Hit the Road to Share How the Network Works and Why Researchers Should Use it to Power Their Next Study September 20, 2023Why and how should you use PCORnet®? That’s the question PCORnet leaders sought to answer when they recently presented at an adjunct event for AcademyHealth’s 2023 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and at a half-day virtual convening held by NORC in collaboration with PCORI. Both events were a chance to showcase the uniqueness of PCORnet, which was developed in 2014 with ...
- Researchers will use PCORnet® resources to explore whether cancer screening practices change after weight loss surgery September 13, 2023According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the U.S. since 2014 were associated with overweight and obesity. Can weight loss associated with bariatric surgery reduce the risk of some cancers? Maybe, according to a recent meta-analysis of several key studies, which found that people with obesity who had bariatric surgery ...
- PCORnet® Resources to Power Study Exploring the Relationship Between COVID-19 and Diabetes August 3, 2023A large new study will use PCORnet® to explore the relationship between COVID-19 and diabetes with the goal of guiding future treatment interventions and public health approaches. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) received a four-year, $28 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, this week to ...
- Smoother Processes, Better Data Curation: A Longtime Network User Speaks to the Evolution of PCORnet® July 27, 2023Flash back to 2016, when Hamilton had just premiered on Broadway, the Rio Olympics were in full swing, and Duke University cardiologist Neha Pagidipati first heard about a relatively new network of clinical research networks capable of producing granular insights from large, representative patient datasets across the U.S. At the time, Neha was trying to understand national patterns of weight ...
- We’ve Come a Long Way: Celebrating Research Progress on International Clinical Trials Day May 19, 2023Every year on May 20, the date of the first-ever clinical trial conducted by James Lind in 1747, the world marks International Clinical Trials Day. It’s a time to celebrate all that has been accomplished by the clinical research community—clinicians, health systems, patients, and caregivers—who have joined forces to usher in significant advances to clinical trials since that time. Lind urged ...
- (Almost) 10 Years of PCORnet®: Reflecting on the Network’s Growth and Looking Ahead May 12, 2023PCORnet® stakeholders and leadership team members recently gave a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Collaboratory Grand Rounds webinar presentation on the near decade of research powered by PCORnet, including key accomplishments and the evolution of the Network. The presentation featured thoughtful commentary on Network successes from Erin Holve, chief Research Infrastructure officer at PCORI; Russell Rothman, PCORnet® Executive Committee chair ...
- Workshop Registration Now Open: A Quick-Start Guide to Using PCORnet® May 11, 2023PCORnet® infrastructure offers high-quality health data, patient partnerships, and research expertise that may be able to optimize your study. Are you interested in leveraging these benefits, but not sure where to begin? On June 27, PCORI and PCORnet Network Partners will host a workshop giving practical advice for using resources available through the PCORnet® Front Door, identifying potential collaborators across the ...
- Five ways patients win with PPRL in PCORnet® March 21, 2023Electronic health records (EHRs), administrative claims databases, and other patient data are important sources of healthcare information that can be used for research. However, they live in separate systems, which means researchers typically can’t easily combine insights to understand a complete picture of the patient experience. These sources also contain sensitive information that must be protected. To address this challenge, ...
- Rigorous patient privacy + connected insights: With PPRL, PCORnet® researchers can have the best of both February 20, 2023Two recent manuscripts published in the journal BMC Research Notes and JAMIA describe the framework and implementation of a new method of connecting patient data across disparate healthcare ecosystems in PCORnet while maintaining the highest levels of privacy and security. Privacy-preserving record linkage, or PPRL, connects electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative claims databases, unlocking the ability to fill important ...
A differentiator for PCORnet® has always been its ability to capture insights on diverse populations that clinical research studies often miss—and now that diversity is about to get even more robust. PCORI approved funding for the addition of 16 sites to expand the reach of the eight PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks (CRNs), a move that underscores PCORI’s continuing investment in ...
Why and how should you use PCORnet®? That’s the question PCORnet leaders sought to answer when they recently presented at an adjunct event for AcademyHealth’s 2023 Annual Research Meeting (ARM) and at a half-day virtual convening held by NORC in collaboration with PCORI. Both events were a chance to showcase the uniqueness of PCORnet, which was developed in 2014 with ...
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the U.S. since 2014 were associated with overweight and obesity. Can weight loss associated with bariatric surgery reduce the risk of some cancers? Maybe, according to a recent meta-analysis of several key studies, which found that people with obesity who had bariatric surgery ...
A large new study will use PCORnet® to explore the relationship between COVID-19 and diabetes with the goal of guiding future treatment interventions and public health approaches. Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) received a four-year, $28 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health, this week to ...
Flash back to 2016, when Hamilton had just premiered on Broadway, the Rio Olympics were in full swing, and Duke University cardiologist Neha Pagidipati first heard about a relatively new network of clinical research networks capable of producing granular insights from large, representative patient datasets across the U.S. At the time, Neha was trying to understand national patterns of weight ...
Every year on May 20, the date of the first-ever clinical trial conducted by James Lind in 1747, the world marks International Clinical Trials Day. It’s a time to celebrate all that has been accomplished by the clinical research community—clinicians, health systems, patients, and caregivers—who have joined forces to usher in significant advances to clinical trials since that time. Lind urged ...
PCORnet® stakeholders and leadership team members recently gave a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Collaboratory Grand Rounds webinar presentation on the near decade of research powered by PCORnet, including key accomplishments and the evolution of the Network. The presentation featured thoughtful commentary on Network successes from Erin Holve, chief Research Infrastructure officer at PCORI; Russell Rothman, PCORnet® Executive Committee chair ...
PCORnet® infrastructure offers high-quality health data, patient partnerships, and research expertise that may be able to optimize your study. Are you interested in leveraging these benefits, but not sure where to begin? On June 27, PCORI and PCORnet Network Partners will host a workshop giving practical advice for using resources available through the PCORnet® Front Door, identifying potential collaborators across the ...
Electronic health records (EHRs), administrative claims databases, and other patient data are important sources of healthcare information that can be used for research. However, they live in separate systems, which means researchers typically can’t easily combine insights to understand a complete picture of the patient experience. These sources also contain sensitive information that must be protected. To address this challenge, ...
Two recent manuscripts published in the journal BMC Research Notes and JAMIA describe the framework and implementation of a new method of connecting patient data across disparate healthcare ecosystems in PCORnet while maintaining the highest levels of privacy and security. Privacy-preserving record linkage, or PPRL, connects electronic health records (EHRs) and administrative claims databases, unlocking the ability to fill important ...
