Research
Research Made Easier
PCORnet infrastructure helps researchers ask and answer clinical questions that impact patients’ lives through better tools and processes.
Tools to speed study start-up
Use these tools powered by PCORnet® Network Partners to accelerate research.
Investigators, patients, and stakeholder engagement teams affiliated with PCORnet have deep experience in conducting a range of study designs that include meaningful stakeholder engagement. The PCORnet infrastructure offers the following resources to researchers interested in using PCORnet to support both interventional and observational research:
- PCORnet® Clinical Research Networks (CRNs) that can participate as clinical sites in randomized research trials
- Actively engaged patients, clinicians, and health systems
- Preexisting, standardized, curated, and research-ready clinical data on clinical outcomes and details of specific procedures, treatments, disease severity, and comorbid illnesses through the PCORnet® Common Data Model (CDM )
- Support for trial design and feasibility assessments and to inform study power calculations
Examples of how PCORnet can help facilitate research.
Patient-Centered Comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research
Question
How can we improve the ability of pediatric patients and their caregivers to select surgical treatment options for kidney stones and to enable urologists to use techniques that result in the best outcomes for patients?
Trustworthy Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data
Question
Which care options work best to improve symptom management, treatment outcomes, and quality of life among patients with neuroendocrine tumors?
Innovative Patient Engagement
Question
Can taking a commonly used heart medication prevent dementia in adults over the age of 75?
Implementation Science Research
Question
Can improved coordination of care between inpatient and outpatient teams working with ASCVD patients help prevent another cardiovascular event within one year in this high-risk population?
Rapid Participant Recruitment
Question
Which aspirin dose offers the right balance of effectiveness and minimal risk of bleeding for people living with heart disease?
PCORnet® Studies
PCORnet® Studies are helping to answer clinical questions most important to patients and building infrastructure for better research in the future.
Search all PCORnet® Studies here.