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Insufficient Data, Misleading Recommendations Led To Significant Early Heterogeneity In Global COVID-19 Patient Management, According To Recent BMJ Study

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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

New Academy course now available: Using R for Patient-level Prediction

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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

EHDEN Academy Marks One-Year Anniversary with 1,000th Enrollee

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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

Launch of our 4th, largest, open call for data partners to map to OMOP CDM

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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

PIONEER collaborates with EHDEN & OHDSI on a Prostate Cancer Study-a-thon

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Recent study-a-thon investigates the natural history and outcomes of prostate cancer patients managed with watchful waiting. A conservative management option for prostate cancer patients with a life expectancy of less than 10 years at time of diagnosis. The patient’s disease is ‘watched’ for development of local or systemic progression until they require palliative treatment (care … Read more

Webinar on our SME Call

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Do you have questions regarding our currently running open call for SMEs? Watch our new webinar on this open call to get your questions answered, and don’t forget to submit your application before the deadline of April 12th! More info via our Open calls for SMEs page.  

EHDEN launches the 3rd open call for SMEs

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Following two successful open calls, EHDEN launches the 3rd open call for SMEs to apply for training and certification on converting health data from various formats to the OMOP common data model. Today, in Europe, we are challenged to generate insights and evidence from real world clinical data at scale, to support patients, clinicians, payers, … Read more