The European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN) recently completed its 3rd open call for SMEs (Small & Medium-sized Enterprises), paving the way for an acceleration in mapping health data from various formats and institutions to the OMOP common data model. This will ultimately result in a Europe that more smartly manages and utilises healthcare … Read more
To become more of an equal partner, patients and patient groups need to be better versed in health data literacy to be able to meaningfully engage and contribute to shaping discussions, and the course of RWD/RWE.
While there was extensive use of drug repurposing throughout the first 10 months of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was substantial heterogeneity over the types of drugs used for treatment purposes globally. Some drugs, including hydroxychloroquine, saw sharp declines in use, while adjunctive therapies grew into a more relied upon method for patient management. In a … Read more
We’ve just launched a new course in the EHDEN Academy: “Using R for Patient-level Prediction”. Check it out now and start your learning journey via http://academy.ehden.eu. The primary goals of the “R for Patient-level prediction” course are to explain how to: Install and set up the PLP Package Develop a prediction model using R Develop … Read more
One year ago, April 2020, the EHDEN Academy was launched as an offshoot of the European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN) project to support upskilling for those working with real-world data to generate real-world evidence of healthcare interventions. Initially, it has been supporting EHDEN’s programme of training and certifying small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in … Read more
One of our EHDEN data partners, the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), has a vacancy for an OMOP expert / health database researcher. CPRD has converted the CPRD Aurum primary care electronic health record (EHR) database into an OMOP common data model (CDM) version and are seeking an individual with expertise in using the … Read more
The overarching goal of the EHDEN project is to foster a thriving European community that better shares health data research, and in particular, to enable federated analyses of real- world healthcare data to ultimately improve patient treatment and outcomes. By definition, this is not something that the project partners can do alone: rather, we see our project as a catalyst to come together and build this with hundreds of other projects and organizations.
EHDEN Launches the 4th open call for European Data Partners aiming to receive funding and support in mapping their healthcare data to the OMOP common data model – largest to date with €5 million budget! 15 April 2021, Brussels, Belgium: The EHDEN Consortium would like to invite all data custodians of Electronic Health Records, Claims, … Read more
Part 2 of a 3 part series on the European Health Data Evidence Network, or EHDEN for short. Are you curious to understand the journey from health data to health outcomes? In this episode, we are joined by Daniel Prieto Alhambra, an expert in Real World Evidence and Open Science. He is Professor of Pharmaco- … Read more
Part 1 of a 3 part series on the European Health Data Evidence Network, or EHDEN for short. Are you curious to learn the basics of health data? How we use health data today, and how to maximise its potential for tomorrow? In this episode, we are joined by Peter Rijnbeek, Associate Professor of Health … Read more