The INSIGHT Data Visualization Template provides templates of data visualizations that capture the demographic breakdown of a CRN’s patient cohort. A list of data elements available to request is also available. These slides can be reformatted to suit a CRN’s available data elements and highlight strengths of the patient cohort.
Hospitals and Health Systems
Organizations where care is delivered, including public and private hospitals and health systems, urgent care centers, retail health clinics, and community health centers, and organizations representing these facilities
Characterizing Telehealth Visits Across Clinical Research Networks Participating in PCORnet®, The National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network
This query of PCORnet® data resources explores the use of telehealth services among patients at partner sites. The query results aim to showcase how the PCORnet infrastructure can identify disparities in telehealth delivery, understand trends pre- and post-COVID-19, and illustrate how populations managed chronic conditions using telehealth services throughout the pandemic.
Tip Sheet for Researchers on Engaging Community Groups and Patient Partners
This document is intended for researchers who are considering doing community engagement, particularly those who intend to establish a longstanding relationship with a community group or patient partner. It presents tips and advice gleaned from engagement experts, researchers, and patient partners in the PaTH CRN.
STAR CRN Glossary of Acronyms & Terms
The STAR Clinical Research Network has developed a glossary of research acronyms and terms to help others who may encounter these terms in the course of their research.
INSIGHT Recruitment CONSORT Diagram
The INSIGHT Recruitment CONSORT Diagram is a template to update the research team, Co-Investigator(s), Principal Investigator(s) (PI) and other stakeholders on recruitment strategies, methods of contact and results. The consort diagram can assist research teams in determining which recruitment strategies are the most effective.
INSIGHT Data Dictionary
The INSIGHT Data Dictionary provides a detailed look at the data elements in INSIGHT’s Central Repository, including their format and content.
Recruitment and Retention Strategies for PCORnet Studies: Learnings from INSIGHT CRN
Effective recruitment and retention strategies that are adaptable to the patient population and changing macro-environment are essential to the success of clinical research studies. INSIGHT CRN’s “Recruitment and Retention Strategies for PCORnet Studies” guide offers the most effective strategies we have used to date.
Engagement Guidance & Resources for Patient-Centered “Data-Only” Studies
Patient-centered studies require a rightsized stakeholder engagement plan. The STAR CRN provides engagement guidance and resources for data-only studies such as observational, retrospective data abstractions that use EHR data from the sites participating in the STAR CRN. This can include electronic health record data from the STAR CRN Common Data Model (CDM), or from other electronic health record data sources that are being accessed as part of a STAR engaged project.
GPC Reusable Observable Study Environment (GROUSE)
GPC Reusable Observable Study Environment (GROUSE): GROUSE is a Greater Plains Collaborative (GPC) project (as well as name of the data enclave) to obtain health insurance claims from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services through the Research Data Assistance Center (ResDAC). GPC currently have 2011-2017 Medicare data and 2011-2012 Medicaid data from 9 states in the GPC.
Scholars Program Processes and Procedures
The PaTH Scholars Program was established to help researchers gain the skills and confidence needed to lead and participate in multi-site “real-world evidence” studies by mentoring and engaging scholars through hands-on participation alongside experienced PaTH researchers. This resource may be adapted by others wanting to create similar programs.