The EHDEN project Consortium, like everyone, is looking forward to a recuperative and hopefully safe break over the festive season in Europe, and wishes the same for all our colleagues and partners, too. It has been a hard year, against a backdrop of a continuing COVID-19 pandemic and now the rise of the Omicron SARS-COV-2 … Read more
A recent survey in England indicated that, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the public had learned more about how real world data (RWD) can be used both for monitoring public health and for research. Words such as epidemiology and vaccine effectiveness now trip off the tongue and are no longer the preserve of scientists. From society’s … Read more
This news item was adapted from an article by The Hyve here. The Hyve are proud to present theFAIRplus recipe on how to make published observational research data more FAIR. The recipe describes the work they did on making data on the website of the Covid-19 EHDEN/OHDSI study-a-thon, held in March 2020, more findable and … Read more
On 23 September, LynxCare organised a virtual symposium: “Big Data 4 Health”. It brought together hospital and life science management, top policy makers and health tech entrepreneurs from across Benelux to discuss the opportunities of real-world data and research in healthcare. Collaboration is the key was undoubtedly the red thread running through all the … Read more
This series of three introductory modules was designed by the European Patients Forum (EPF) and EHDEN colleagues because several of the key concepts central to the EHDEN (European Health Data & Evidence Network) project can be technical in nature, and challenging to understand for non-experts, particularly patients and citizens. This free course has been designed … Read more
The annual OHDSI Global Symposium is a key focal point for observational research internationally, especially within the research framework using the OMOP common data model. This year marks the seventh edition and sees approximately 1,500 participants joining via the virtual Gather Town platform from all over the world. Across the Symposium agenda of plenaries and … Read more
The International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology’s virtual ICPE 2021 conference, Real Evidence for the Real World, ran from 23-25 August. It proved to be a particularly strong showcase for EHDEN/OHDSI partners, whose contribution included five symposia/workshops; twelve presentations; and nine posters. This covered topics such as real-world evidence in COVID-19, vaccines, bioethics, drug safety, medical devices, … Read more
EHDEN is pleased to be over half-way in its IMI project phase and to be working with such an extensive network of Data Partners (DPs) and Small-to- Medium Enterprises (SMEs) across the European region. With a strong foundation of 98 DPs and 46 SMEs certified or in the process of certification across 23 countries, EHDEN … Read more
Brussels, Belgium, 27 July 2021: EHDEN is delighted to announce that Boehringer Ingelheim has today become a Partner of the EHDEN Consortium. They now join the 11 Public Partners, and 11 Industry Partners, adding their expertise, resources, and support in creating an ecosystem for working with real-world data across the European region via a federated … Read more
Part 3 of the chronicle looks at progress to date since the initial call; here are Part 1 and Part 2. While an increasing number of people across Europe have been vaccinated, but are still under the threat of emerging COVID-19 variants, the battle to win the fight against the pandemic continues. To help provide … Read more