System mapping may improve PCORnet study design

What the study found: The authors report that the methodology and approach to system mapping offer a new path forward to support Network collaboration as a learning health system by improving transparency and dialogue with patient partners about infrastructure strengths and potential limitations.

Why the authors say this matters: The study suggests this may help support collaboration in a learning health system and help inform health care decisions by making infrastructure for evidence generation more transparent to patient partners.

What the researchers tested: The article is about visualizing the complexity of the PCORnet® infrastructure and its implications for designing PCORnet® studies. The abstract provided does not describe the full research methods beyond referring to system mapping.

What worked and what didn't: The abstract says the methodology and approach to system mapping provide a new path forward and may improve transparency and dialogue with patient partners. It also notes that the approach can help show strengths and potential limitations of the infrastructure. No specific failures or comparative results are described in the abstract.

What to keep in mind: The available summary is limited to a single abstract sentence and the title. No detailed methods, data, or explicit limitations are described in the provided text.

Key points

• The authors say system mapping offers a new path forward for PCORnet collaboration.
• The approach is described as improving transparency with patient partners.
• The abstract says the method can help discuss infrastructure strengths and potential limitations.
• The study is framed around designing PCORnet® studies within a learning health system.