BLOG – Transforming Healthcare Through Education: What’s Next for the EHDEN Academy?

The EHDEN Academy is a free, online educational resource for professionals in the domains of real world data (RWD) and real world evidence (RWE). Originating from the collaborative framework of the EHDEN project and supported by the Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 (IMI2) joint undertaking, the EHDEN Academy operates on a global scale, currently engaging more … Read more

BLOG – Navigating the EHDEN Project as a PhD Student: Challenges, Learnings, and Triumphs

Starting any PhD can be a bit of a daunting experience. Even more so when you jump into a major international project like EHDEN. Many of the advantages of the project, such as the opportunities for collaboration, its inter-disciplinary nature, and ambitious goals contribute to a high-paced environment, which, as a fledgling researcher, can be … Read more

BLOG – New HTA Courses now available on EHDEN Academy

As part of our commitment to education, we at the EHDEN Academy are pleased to share our new HTA track of courses, curated by our partner NICE and developed by leading experts. These courses are designed to empower healthcare professionals, researchers, and policy-makers with the tools and knowledge needed to drive innovation and efficiency in … Read more

BLOG – Federated data networks and health technology assessment: Insights from an EHDEN study-a-thon in oncology

In January, the National Institute for health and Care Excellence (NICE), University of Oxford and Fundació Institut Universitari per a la Recerca a l’Atenció Primària de Salut Jordi Gol i Gurina (IDIAPJGol) collaboratively held a study-a-thon in Barcelona. This event brought together Data Partners and oncology experts to utilise real-world data (RWD) for advancements in … Read more

EHDEN Academy launches new course: Applied Cost-Effectiveness Modeling with R

  The EHDEN Academy, in collaboration with our guest lecturer Jeroen Jansen (Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California – San Francisco) and NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence), is thrilled to announce the launch of our new course: Applied Cost-Effectiveness Modeling with R. The course aims to provide … Read more

EHDEN, NICE and Health Technology Assessment use of RWD for RWE highlighted at ISPOR 2022, Vienna

EHDEN colleagues were very active at  one of the key Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR)conferences in Europe, The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) European meeting, held in Vienna, 6-9th November 2022, the first in-person in Europe since 2019. Within the domain of Health Technology Assessment (HTA), our colleagues in work … Read more

Regulators are formally adopting real world evidence, when will health technology assessment?

On Monday 31st October, NICE hosted a virtual workshop entitled ‘Regulators are formally adopting real world evidence, when will health technology assessment?’. It was organised as part of our work within the Innovative Medicines Initiative grant-funded project European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN), in collaboration with GetReal Institute. The half-day workshop, moderated by Dr … 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

EHDEN publication in PharmacoEconomics – utility of the OMOP CDM in Health Technology Assessment

25th January, Brussels, Belgium. EHDEN is delighted that our colleagues in WP2, led by our Partner the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE), have published in PharmacoEconomics in December 2020. Entitled, ‘Common Problems, Common Data Model Solutions: Evidence Generation for Health Technology Assessment’, the authors explore the applicability of the OMOP CDM to HTA … Read more