PCORnet is a national resource, funded by PCORI®, that enables insights from high-quality health data, patient partnership, and research expertise to deliver fast, trustworthy answers that advance health outcomes.
National Studies Show How the PCORnet® Infrastructure Supports Meaningful Engagement
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.
PCORnet® Playbook
Researchers who partner with PCORnet® have access to unique representative health data, research expertise, and patient insights. Whether you are a new or an experienced researcher, the PCORnet® Playbook is your go-to guide for navigating the PCORnet infrastructure, tapping into expert support, and integrating patient perspectives into your research from the start.
Research Highlights Illustrate Power of PCORnet®
Learn how researchers are using PCORnet to improve patient outcomes by fueling the kind of large-scale research needed to:
- Understand how different metabolic pathways interact
- Answer key questions in cardiovascular research
- Solve challenges in nephrology research
- Explore approaches to pediatric research
REACHnet
REACHnet, a PCORnet® Clinical Research Network, includes electronic health record data for nearly 5 million patients (2023 data) from partner health systems in Louisiana, Texas and California. Its mission is to enable the conduct of multi-site research with enhanced efficiency in real-world healthcare delivery systems. REACHnet offers linkage with claims data through partnerships with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, Humana, and Louisiana Medicaid.
Check out REACHnet's Patient Partner Recruitment & Selection Toolkit
Special Journal Supplement
A PCORI-sponsored supplement of the journal Medical Care looks at the scope and scale of PCORnet. The 19 peer-reviewed open-access articles demonstrate the robust scientific value of PCORnet in accelerating patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research.
Tools to Speed Study Start-up
Conduct patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research more efficiently by addressing some of the most time-consuming, costly, and difficult aspects of study start-up.