PCORnet®, the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, has been working actively to build infrastructure to support COVID-19 surveillance across its sites. Since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, PCORnet has implemented critical changes to its data infrastructure to allow for capture of information on patients diagnosed with respiratory illnesses or tested for SARS-CoV-2. This data is refreshed frequently, […]
Diabetes mellitus is a group of disorders characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin production, insulin action, or both. In children and adolescents 0-17 years-old, pediatric diabetes mellitus (PDM) is one of the more common chronic diseases. Mounting evidence suggests that rates of both Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents […]
PEDSnet fulfilled a feasibility query in 2017 submitted by the CDC to assess availability of data to describe BMI trajectories of children. A major impetus for the request is a dearth of longitudinal BMI data that is current. The CDC has identified the following aims for an analysis it would like to publish, and is […]