BLOG – Reflections on the OHDSI Europe Symposium 2022

The OHDSI Europe Symposium 2022 (24-26 June) kicked off aboard the majestic transatlantic ship: the SS Rotterdam (moored permanently on the Meuse river in Rotterdam). It was a very anticipated and successful event in many respects, so I thought it would be worthwhile to reflect on what made this one so special. This was actually … Read more

BLOG – Teaching the basics of health technology assessment

[This blog post is reproduced with permission of NICE from the original here] The course is made up of six learning modules and can be found on the EHDEN Academy website. The EHDEN Academy is a free learning resource, focusing on providing the knowledge, skills, and tools to access and use real-world evidence. Innovative medical technologies … Read more

Strong EHDEN presence at OHDSI Europe Symposium 2022

  Under the “All Aboard!” banner, the OHDSI Europe Symposium 2022 was launched on the majestic SS Rotterdam, which ran from 24 – 26 June in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The event saw 350 participants come together from across Europe and globally. The Symposium brought together not only EHDEN/OHDSI colleagues and others working in the real … Read more

BLOG – Real World Data’s Expanding Role in Conducting Research & Lessons Learned from COVID-19

My team and I are very pleased to see the COVID-19 virus waning thanks to vaccines (and mutations), and that we’re now in a much better place. However, it’s nevertheless still with us and there’s necessarily great interest in the long-term consequences of long COVID, i.e., infection/re-infection, infection with different variants, infection with people vaccinated, … Read more

Health data discovery at scale, powered by EHDEN, for 21st century health research

24 June 2022, Rotterdam, the Netherlands: The European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN) is an IMI (Innovative Medicines Initiative) programme well into its fourth year. Its goal is to maximise the transformational potential of real world data/real world evidence at scale to facilitate standardised and faster observational research that improves insights in disease, treatment … Read more

EHDEN Academy launches 16th course: Introduction to Health Technology Assessment

The EHDEN Academy, in collaboration with our guest lecturers, Pilar Pinilla-Dominguez and Alan Lamb, are pleased to announce the launch of our next course: Introduction to health technology assessment. The Academy is free, used in more than 60 countries, and only requires a participant to set up an account and log in. This six-chapter course, … Read more

EHDEN Academy launches 15th course on an Introduction to Usagi & Code Mappings for an ETL

The EHDEN Academy, in collaboration with our guest lecturer, Maxim Moinat, Data Engineer/ OHDSI-OMOP expert, The Hyve, is pleased to announce the launch of our next course: Introduction to Usagi & Code Mappings for an ETL. The Academy is free, used in more than 60 countries, and only requires a participant to set up an … Read more

Annual Report Year 3 Now Available!

As the EHDEN project moves ahead in its fourth year, its Year 3 Annual Report is now available. The EHDEN team, and on behalf of the Consortium, would like to deeply thank everyone that contributed to our success, especially under the very challenging circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many milestones were met or eclipsed over … Read more