10/25/07
PECARN Training Module
12/21/06 - Pecarn has added a new training module for investigators. The training will inform you about the structure and activities of PECARN and help facilitate the use of PECARN by non-PECARN investigators. Try it today!
Definition of Terms
(alphabetical order)
CDMCC: Central Data Management Coordinating Center: the data coordinating center for PECARN.
EMSC: Emergency Medical Services for Children
MCHB: Maternal and Child Health Bureau
HRSA: Health Resources and Services Administration
HEDA: Hospital Emergency Department Affiliate: a hospital participating in the PECARN research network
NDDP: Network Development Demonstration Project: a previous name for the PECARN network
PECARN: Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network: the multi-institutional research network for pediatric emergency medicine
PECARN ACORN: Academic Centers Research Node: the RNC based out of University of California, Davis
PECARN CARN: Chesapeake Applied Research Network: the RNC based out of Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
PECARN GLEMSCRN: Great Lakes EMSC Research Network: the RNC based out of the University of Michigan
PECARN PEDNET: Pediatric Emergency Department North East Team: the RNC based out of Columbia University – Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York – Presbyterian
RNC: Research Node Centers: the four organizational nodes that oversee the HEDAs
Online Links
(alphabetical order)
- CDC National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)
- Great Lakes Website
- Intermountain Injury Control Research Center (IICRC)
- Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB)
- National EMS Information System (NEMSIS)
- Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
- National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center (NEDARC)
- PECARN eRoom (members only)
