The OCHIN-ADVANCE Clinical Research Network (CRN) Patient Engagement Panel (PEP) Guidebook was created to describe engagement policies, procedures, benefits, and practices. This can be used to inform development of a governance framework for stakeholder participation in a community and research setting.
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OCHIN-ADVANCE Engagement Values, Functions, and Metrics
OCHIN-ADVANCE outlined its priorities and metrics for engagement across patient and caregiver groups in this snapshot. This resource can be used by researchers and other stakeholder groups seeking to improve their level of engagement with patients and caregivers to support a patient-centered research process.
Access the Engagement Values, Functions, and Metrics document
Ready, Set, Go! Guidelines and Tips For Collecting Patient Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
This guide can be used to help successfully collect sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) data and document the data into the electronic health record (EHR). If you already have a system, but have encountered challenges and questions, this guide can help you address them. Even if your system is working smoothly, you will find resources and recommendations here that will help you move to the next level of data collection and analysis.
NORC Data Convenings Webinar: Expanding Social Determinants of Health Data across PCORnetExpanding Social Determinants of Health Data across PCORnet
The webinar discussed opportunities for social determinants of health (SDOH) data within the PCORnet data infrastructure. Objectives included: discussing the current status of SDOH data collection by PCORnet Network Partners; opportunities to optimize accessibility and availability of individual-, population-, and community-based SDOH data to support PCORnet research; and engaging stakeholders on short- and long-term infrastructure priorities to enhance SDOH data capture for network-wide research.
Access the Social Determinants of Health Data across PCORnet resources here.
OCHIN-ADVANCE Patient Engagement Panel Guide and Request Form
OCHIN-ADVANCE Clinical Research Network (CRN) developed a request form for researchers to engage with their Patient Engagement Panel (PEP). This can be used as a template by stakeholders when creating utilization request forms to engage patient groups.
OCHIN-ADVANCE Engagement and Recruitment Guide
This document is an introductory guide for those interested in working with the OCHIN-ADVANCE Clinical Research Network (CRN). It describes engagement and recruitment activities and gives points of contact within the network. This can be used for stakeholders formulating documentation on engagement and recruitment activities.
ADVANCE’s Patient Engagement Panel (PEP)
This webinar features the ADVANCE Clinical Research Network (CRN) and their Patient Engagement Panel (PEP). Through the PEP, patients can advise ADVANCE on network-level issues and provide input to researchers on ongoing projects. Other organizations seeking to work with ADVANCE or establish a stakeholder advisory and research review committee can use this webinar as a resource.
Measuring an Epidemic
Speakers John Muench, MD, MPH and Thuy Le, MPH, both of OCHIN discuss the liberalizing of chronic opioid prescribing in the 90s was soon followed by unforeseen harm to individuals and communities.
Muench and Le review the history of the rise in opioid addiction and overdose deaths, prior efforts to track pain medication prescriptions, and current efforts to organize the ADVANCE Clinical Research Network electronic health record data to more easily describe prescribing pattern changes that follow interventions at national, state, and clinic levels.