title: CAPriCORN: Chicago Area Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network.
abstract: The Chicago Area Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Network (CAPriCORN) represents an unprecedented collaboration across diverse healthcare institutions including private, county, and state hospitals and health systems, a consortium of Federally Qualified Health Centers, and two Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals. CAPriCORN builds on the strengths of our institutions to develop a cross-cutting infrastructure for sustainable and patient-centered comparative effectiveness research in Chicago. Unique aspects include collaboration with the University HealthSystem Consortium to aggregate data across sites, a centralized communication center to integrate patient recruitment with the data infrastructure, and a centralized institutional review board to ensure a strong and efficient human subject protection program. With coordination by the Chicago Community Trust and the Illinois Medical District Commission, CAPriCORN will model how healthcare institutions can overcome barriers of data integration, marketplace competition, and care fragmentation to develop, test, and implement strategies to improve care for diverse populations and reduce health disparities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Abel N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kho
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Denise M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hynes
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Satyender
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goel
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Informatics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Solomonides
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Division, Loyola University Health System, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Price
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Bala
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hota
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Shannon A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sims
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Neil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Bahroos
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cook County Health and Hospital System, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angulo
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Cook County Health and Hospital System, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: William E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Trick
authors.affiliation: VA Information Resource Center, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tarlov
authors.affiliation: Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Fred D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Rachman
authors.affiliation: Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamilton
authors.affiliation: Alliance of Chicago Community Health Services, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Erin O
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: Kaleba
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Badlani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Volchenboum
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research Informatics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Silverstein
authors.affiliation: Clinical Directors Network (CDN) and The Rockefeller University Center for Clinical and Translational Science, New York City, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Tobin
authors.affiliation: Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Michael A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.affiliation: University HealthSystem Consortium, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.affiliation: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.affiliation: Health Sciences Division, Loyola University Health System, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Richard H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Jerry A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Section of Hospital Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: David O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Meltzer
authors.affiliation: Illinois Medical District Commission, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.affiliation: Chicago Community Trust, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mazany
mesh_terms: D002641:Chicago; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D008498:Medical Record Linkage; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018802:Patient-Centered Care
keywords: Clinical Data Network; Outcomes Research; Patient Centered