February is American Heart Month and a fitting time to spotlight the many ways PCORnet® infrastructure is helping research teams advance cardiovascular health insights that are meaningful to patients. A new brief outlines some of the most impactful cardiovascular research powered by PCORnet, as well as published results that have already helped shape the cardiovascular research landscape.
“Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., accounting for one in every four deaths annually,” said Adrian Hernandez, PCORnet® Coordinating Center co-principal investigator. “To change these statistics, we need to better understand which interventions work to improve outcomes, not just in a controlled research setting, but across the broad and diverse fabric of the U.S. population. The PCORnet infrastructure was developed with exactly this aim in mind.”
Research teams can use PCORnet to access insights from high-quality, representative data alongside research expertise and connection to people with lived experience to fuel comparative clinical effectiveness research in cardiovascular health and many other therapeutic areas. Using PCORnet resources, researchers have uncovered insights related to:
- prevention of cardiovascular disease and heart events;
- optimal cardiovascular treatment approaches; and
- the utility of technology in supporting outcomes for cardiovascular disease.
Interested in harnessing insights on cardiovascular health for your next patient-centered study? Knock on the PCORnet® Front Door to start the conversation and begin collaborating with the Network.