On Monday September 30th and Tuesday October 1st, EHDEN invited a first group of five SMEs at the Erasmus Medical Centre in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). During these 2 days, these SME were certified by EHDEN for their knowledge on standardising health data to the OMOP common data model (CDM) and the installation of the technical … Read more
The 5th edition of the OHDSI Symposium took place between Sunday September 15th and Tuesday September 17th at North Bethesda (Maryland, US). This year, 425 people attended the conference of which around one third were first time attendees. As usual, the conference had 1 day which is packed with interesting keynote talks, panel discussions and … Read more
Between September 1st and September 15th, the EHDEN consortium held its first ever, pilot open call for Data Sources. We are delighted to announce that the response to our call has exceeded our expectations as 28 data partners did submit their application. These applicants cover 10 different countries throughout Europe, offering a diverse geographic spread. … Read more
The European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN) recently achieved an important milestone in the effort to tap into the potential of real-world data and realise its mission to develop a federated network, standardised to a common data model. This will ultimately result in a Europe that more smartly manages and shares research methodologies – … Read more
The ambitions of the EHDEN project are high. We aim to standardise more than 100 million patient records across Europe from different geographic areas and different data sources over the coming five years. Mapping of healthcare data to the OMOP-CDM will facilitate the re-use for a variety of purposes, enhancing and accelerating research and healthcare … Read more
Under the banner: “Unleashing the potential of data to improve cancer care”, the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) held an Oncology Data Summit on 18 June in Brussels, Belgium. A broad spectrum of more than 170 stakeholders were present to hear and participate in a dynamic range of presentations and panel discussions. … Read more
Dr. Jacoline Bouvy Senior Scientific Adviser National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (UK) Please introduce yourself and your institution: I’m Jacoline Bouvy and I work as a Senior Scientific Adviser in the Science Policy and Research Programme at the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), based in London. I am a health … Read more
Healthcare is rapidly increasing in complexity for everyone. As we generate new biological insights, mirrored with new approaches to treating disease, healthcare as an industry is greater challenged in meeting ever-growing need. For patients, trying to understand the reasons for being ill, how to treat their illness, and probably most importantly, the implications for risk … Read more
Very informative podcast by Vital Transformation, featuring our EFPIA lead Nigel Hughes who discusses his personal perspective on the need for global collaboration to address healthcare challenges and how EHDEN aims to change the way we tackle these.
On 29 March 2019, the OHDSI Europe community gathered for its second annual symposium at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam (The Netherlands). With 260 participants from over twenty-seven countries, covering five continents, the symposium can be considered a tremendous attraction. Interestingly, the symposium had nearly 120 people who were new to the Observational Health … Read more