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It’s Been Four Years Since COVID-19 Was Declared A Pandemic. What Have We Learned From Research Powered By PCORnet®?

On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic, marking a pivotal moment in modern history as nations around the globe grappled with the virus’s rapid spread. The declaration triggered a collective call to action, with government, communities, and researchers uniting to find answers. PCORnet®, one of the few national research infrastructures offering access to insights from everyday health-related encounters with more than 30 million people annually, was at the intersection of all three.

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Shaping Research on Telehealth with PCORnet® Resources

A distinct and sudden need for virtual medical visits created by COVID-19 has led to an extraordinary expansion of telemedicine across nearly all medical specialties in the United States. Explore patient demographics, telehealth trends, and the influence  telehealth has had in managing chronic conditions among underserved populations before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in this query of PCORnet data resources. This analysis showcases the potential capacity of PCORnet resources in shaping patient-centered research on telehealth and contributing to the future of telehealth delivery.

 

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New Research Overviews Illustrate Power of PCORnet®

Learn how researchers are using PCORnet to improve patient outcomes by fueling the kind of large-scale research needed to:

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ADVANCE

Accelerating Data Value Across a National Community Health Center Network (ADVANCE), a PCORnet® Clinical Research Network, maintains data on millions of patients seen in safety net settings and has the nation’s most comprehensive dataset on care and health outcomes of socio-economically disadvantaged and vulnerable patients.

See the ADVANCE Ready, Set, Go! Guidelines And Tips For Collecting Patient Data On Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity.

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Webinar

Join us Thursday, April 11th from 12-1 PM ET for a presentation by Dr. Mark Pletcher from UCSF. The PCORnet Blood Pressure Control Laboratory team uses EHR data in the PCORnet® Common Data Model for national surveillance of BP control and related processes, and for pragmatic interventional studies. In his presentation “Using PCORnet to Compare Blood Pressure Control Strategies,” Dr. Pletcher will describe some completed projects and ongoing studies.

Contact [email protected] for a calendar invite.

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