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Attending the 2026 PCORI Annual Meeting on October 19 and 20? There will be several opportunities to learn about PCORnet®, including a breakout session that will highlight how PCORnet® can advance patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research. Demystifying PCORnet®: Ways PCORnet...

A new PCORnet® Population Insights Report offers a national-scale look at more than 2 million patients with menopausal conditions and their healthcare experiences. The report draws on de-identified data from patients who received healthcare services at sites participating in PCORnet...

A new PCORnet® Population Insights Report offers a national-scale look at the characteristics of more than 4 million adults and children with cancer-related health conditions and their healthcare experiences. The report includes patients who received healthcare services at sites participating...

October 19-20, 2026 Washington, D.C. The 2026 PCORI Annual Meeting provides patients, researchers, and healthcare professionals an opportunity to explore PCORI-funded research, network with professionals, and gain valuable new insights about patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research. Join the PCORnet breakout...

A new PCORnet® Population Insights Report provides a closer look at the characteristics of more than 50 million patients receiving healthcare services between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2025, at organizations participating in PCORnet. Drawing on data represented in...

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....

September 24, 2026 3 – 4 pm (ET) This event has ended. Please join the Coordinating Center for PCORnet® for a Best Practices Sharing Session on September 24th, from 3-4 PM ET featuring the PCORI-funded PCORnet® Study, REducing Future fractureS and Improving ouTcOmes...

On August 4, PCORI will release the Broad Pragmatic Studies (BPS) PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA) to support high-quality patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER). Category 3 supports PCORnet® Studies with direct costs of up to $12 million. PCORnet® Studies are...

August 11, 2026 12 noon – 1 pm (ET) This event has ended. Please join the Coordinating Center for PCORnet® for a Best Practices Sharing Session on Tuesday, August 11th, 12-1 PM ET, featuring Dr. Martha Kenney, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and...

Research built on real-world data — information generated during routine healthcare, such as electronic health record (EHR) and claims data — can help answer questions that are often out of reach for traditional clinical trials. However, these data often require...