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- PCORnet® Shines at 2022 Health Datapalooza May 3, 2022Every year, the Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference brings together leaders in data and policy to directly confront the biggest challenges and opportunities facing U.S. health care. As a pivotal resource generating fast, trustworthy answers to health questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, was a hot topic at this year’s event. ...
- New Study Finds Risk of Myocarditis and Pericarditis Is Substantially Higher After COVID-19 Infection Than After Vaccination April 1, 2022The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have published results from a study that used PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, to better understand the comparative risks of cardiac complications among more than 800,000 patients who tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 4 million children and adults who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The study found that ...
- ADAPTABLE Study Lauded as Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement February 17, 2022ADAPTABLE, the first demonstration project of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, has been named by the Clinical Research Forum as a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awardee for 2022. The awards celebrate outstanding achievements and major advances in clinical research from across the U.S. Honorees were selected by a panel that considered clinical research studies published in peer-reviewed ...
- Study of 2 million Patients Finds New Symptoms and Conditions Months After COVID-19 Are Infrequent but Potentially Serious and Long-Lasting February 4, 2022Patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were more likely than patients who tested negative to have new symptoms and health conditions more than a month later, according to a study of over 2 million patients in the United States.
While most COVID-19 patients recovered fully, approximately one in ten had new symptoms or health conditions, also referred to as “long COVID” ...
- PCORI Approves Funding to Support Phase 3 of PCORnet January 31, 2022The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors recently approved $61.3 million to implement phase 3 of PCORnet. This financial support will provide 8 PCORnet Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) with the ability to optimize their infrastructure resources to support PCORnet in its third phase as a national resource for conducting rapid, efficient, and patient-centered research.
The CRNs will work to ensure maximization of ...
- Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups Don’t Receive COVID-19 Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Equally, Says New PCORnet®-Leveraged Study January 21, 2022Throughout the pandemic, racial and ethnic minority groups in America have experienced worse outcomes from COVID-19. These groups also often have a higher burden of risk factors for severe COVID-19, such as higher prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. Newly published results from a PCORnet®-leveraged study identify a factor that also may be at play: Inequitable receipt of COVID-19 treatments ...
- HERO Research Program Reaches 55,000 Healthcare Workers in 2021 January 14, 2022The PCORI-funded Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Registry grew to include over 55,000 healthcare workers in all 50 states over the past year.
Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), coordinated by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), and enabled by PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, HERO relies on partnerships with PCORnet Network Partners who ensures ...
- PCORnet®-Supported PREVENTABLE Study Achieves 2K Participant Milestone Leveraging Pragmatic Lessons from the Network December 10, 2021A pragmatic study of the effectiveness of statins in adults aged 75 or older without known cardiovascular disease has successfully randomized the first 2,000 participants in partnership with PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. The study, known as Pragmatic Evaluation of Events and Benefits of Lipid-Lowering in Older Adults (PREVENTABLE), builds on past Network success in pragmatic approaches for ...
- Data Privacy statement for PCORnet® released, detailing how the Network protects patient information November 22, 2021Network Partners with PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, have released a statement explaining how the Network handles sensitive data and protects patient privacy. The statement is yet another way that the PCORnet community continues to demonstrate its commitment to deliver on the founding values of patient centricity and trust.
“The PCORnet infrastructure was designed to facilitate research that is ...
- Solid Data, Expert Vetted, Patient-Centered: What PCORnet® Designation Tells You About a Study October 11, 2021Since its launch, PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, has become synonymous with impactful, pragmatic research conducted at national scale. To support more quality, patient-centered research, Network leadership worked in close partnership with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to launch the PCORnet Study Designation program.
A study designated as a PCORnet study is one that meets criteria demonstrating commitment ...
Every year, the Health Datapalooza and National Health Policy Conference brings together leaders in data and policy to directly confront the biggest challenges and opportunities facing U.S. health care. As a pivotal resource generating fast, trustworthy answers to health questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, was a hot topic at this year’s event. ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have published results from a study that used PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, to better understand the comparative risks of cardiac complications among more than 800,000 patients who tested positive for COVID-19, and more than 4 million children and adults who received mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The study found that ...
ADAPTABLE, the first demonstration project of PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, has been named by the Clinical Research Forum as a Top 10 Clinical Research Achievement Awardee for 2022. The awards celebrate outstanding achievements and major advances in clinical research from across the U.S. Honorees were selected by a panel that considered clinical research studies published in peer-reviewed ...
Patients who tested positive for COVID-19 were more likely than patients who tested negative to have new symptoms and health conditions more than a month later, according to a study of over 2 million patients in the United States.
While most COVID-19 patients recovered fully, approximately one in ten had new symptoms or health conditions, also referred to as “long COVID” ...
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors recently approved $61.3 million to implement phase 3 of PCORnet. This financial support will provide 8 PCORnet Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) with the ability to optimize their infrastructure resources to support PCORnet in its third phase as a national resource for conducting rapid, efficient, and patient-centered research.
The CRNs will work to ensure maximization of ...
Throughout the pandemic, racial and ethnic minority groups in America have experienced worse outcomes from COVID-19. These groups also often have a higher burden of risk factors for severe COVID-19, such as higher prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, and obesity. Newly published results from a PCORnet®-leveraged study identify a factor that also may be at play: Inequitable receipt of COVID-19 treatments ...
The PCORI-funded Healthcare Worker Exposure Response & Outcomes (HERO) Registry grew to include over 55,000 healthcare workers in all 50 states over the past year.
Funded by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), coordinated by the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), and enabled by PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, HERO relies on partnerships with PCORnet Network Partners who ensures ...
A pragmatic study of the effectiveness of statins in adults aged 75 or older without known cardiovascular disease has successfully randomized the first 2,000 participants in partnership with PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network. The study, known as Pragmatic Evaluation of Events and Benefits of Lipid-Lowering in Older Adults (PREVENTABLE), builds on past Network success in pragmatic approaches for ...
Network Partners with PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, have released a statement explaining how the Network handles sensitive data and protects patient privacy. The statement is yet another way that the PCORnet community continues to demonstrate its commitment to deliver on the founding values of patient centricity and trust.
“The PCORnet infrastructure was designed to facilitate research that is ...
Since its launch, PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, has become synonymous with impactful, pragmatic research conducted at national scale. To support more quality, patient-centered research, Network leadership worked in close partnership with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to launch the PCORnet Study Designation program.
A study designated as a PCORnet study is one that meets criteria demonstrating commitment ...
