STAR CRN
The Science, Technology and Research partnership (STAR), Clinical Research Network (CRN) is a member of a National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, PCORnet®. The PCORnet® Common Data Model (CDM), developed by the PCORnet® Network Partners, standardizes millions of data points from the Network’s diverse clinical information systems into a common format. Investigators that work with STAR will have access to this data and a range of data resources. Our network encompasses 9 health systems, and our work is focused on research to improve health by supporting comparative effectiveness studies, pragmatic clinical trials, health system innovation, and the other research needs of our partners.
“Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) funds a national resource for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) called PCORnet®. PCORnet is a “network of networks” consisting of eight Clinical Research Networks (CRNs). CRNs comprise two or more healthcare systems, including hospitals, integrated delivery systems and federally qualified health centers. More than 40 health systems participate in PCORnet through the CRNs. The CRNs transform data gathered from routine patient care across their participating health systems to a consistent format, the PCORnet® Common Data Model (CDM), to enable rapid response to research-related questions. The Coordinating Center for PCORnet® maintains the CDM and serves as a central hub for the Network, bringing the diverse networks, institutions and patients together through shared communications, meetings and initiatives.”
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Kidney stone grant to create research resource for adults and children – VUMC News
Kidney stone disease research is the focus of a five-year, $7.37 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) RC2 grant awarded to Vanderbilt University Medical Center and led by Vanderbilt urologist Ryan Hsi, MD, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia pediatric urologist Gregory Tasian, MD.
Celebrating 10 years of PCORnet!
2024 marks 10 years since PCORnet® was developed with funding from PCORI to support a transformational shift toward national-scale, patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research. Learn how the Network has supported new methodologies, closed gaps in knowledge, and most importantly, improved the lives of countless people across the nation over the last decade.
Stanford, Essentia Health join VUMC-based clinical research network.
The STAR Clinical Research Network, based at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), has added two new partners — Essentia Health, a Minnesota-based rural health care system, and Stanford University School of Medicine, one of the country’s leading academic medical centers.
STAR Quarterly Update
STAR CRN upcoming Quarterly Update is scheduled for January 23, 2025.
The RECOVER Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC) PCORnet Electronic Health Record (EHR) Cohort Study is a collaboration between all eight PCORnet Clinical Research Networks, representing 38 institutions across the United States as a part of the NIH Funded Initiative, Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER). The goals of RECOVER are to understand, treat, and prevent Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC).
To learn more, please visit the study website or contact the study team for more information.
To place someone on a breathing machine (a procedure called “intubation”), doctors give a drug to make the patient sleepy (known as a “sedative”). The two most common sedatives for intubation are ketamine and etomidate. The goal of the RSI trial is to learn which of the two drugs is best for patients undergoing intubation.
To learn more, please visit the study website or contact the study team for more information.