Table.

Pediatric Generalist Networks Overview

NETWORK	Year founded	Mission/Purpose	Number of sites	Estimated patient population
Pediatric Research in Office Settings (PROS)	1986	To improve the health of children by conducting collaborative practice-based research to enhance primary care practice	750	2.7 million
Pediatric Emergency Care Applied Research Network (PECARN)	2001	To conduct high priority multi- institutional research on the prevention and management of acute illnesses and injuries in children and youth of all ages	22	950,000 emergency department visits annually
Continuity Research Network (CORNET)	2001	To establish a self- sustaining collaborative research network among pediatric continuity clinicians that will produce high quality research in primary care, health care delivery and medical education	100 pediatric training programs/ 129 clinical sites	750,000
Pediatric Research in Inpatient Settings (PRIS)	2001 / (redesigned 2009)	Improve the health of and healthcare delivery to hospitalized children and their families	168 hospitals	> 500, 000 annual discharges