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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) 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 of fRagility fracture (RESTORE). The...

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...

By leveraging the real-world data resources, patient-informed insights, and the national-scale infrastructure of PCORnet®, investigators are overcoming longstanding challenges in rare disease research. Historically, research in rare health conditions has been limited by small, geographically dispersed patient populations and gaps...

June 10, 2026 1 pm – 2 pm (ET) This event has ended. Please join the Coordinating Center for PCORnet® for a Best Practices Sharing Session on Wednesday, June 10th, 1-2 PM ET. Our guest speaker for this webinar is Dr....

Meaningful engagement is central to patient-centered health research but implementing it at a national scale can pose challenges—from recruiting participants and sustaining involvement, to ensuring patient perspectives shape research questions and outcomes. Research teams can use resources available through PCORnet®,...

Sensory health plays a critical role in how people experience the world, including how they see, hear, move, and communicate. Research addressing evidence gaps in screening, treatment, and support services will help improve outcomes and ensure people at risk of...

More than 300 research projects have used the PCORnet® infrastructure to support patient-centered health research that helps patients, caregivers, clinicians, health systems, and policymakers make better-informed healthcare decisions. The new PCORnet® Playbook Case Studies module highlights real-world examples of how...