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
No one is big enough alone to master the complex future. Curious minds could help here in learning from others and building on accomplished work. It seems that even politicians and decision makers are sharing the same mindset: bringing in more cohesion and bridging different aspirations together is the efficient way forward. Ecosystems and collaboration are the keys for sustainable future despite of the differences.
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
PIONEER, EHDEN and OHDSI join forces to study the clinical management of prostate cancer in a virtual studyathon Prostate cancer is a major disease affecting more than 2 million men in Europe alone, and has now become the most common cancer in men. Clinical management of this complex disease is challenging and involves difficult trade-offs, … Read more
With the world fighting the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and dealing with rapidly growing numbers of COVID-19 patients worldwide, clinicians, scientists, governments and the public all want to know more about characterising patients with COVID-19, and if certain treatments are safe and effective. To this end, on 26-29 March, the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) … Read more
The Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) international community will host a COVID-19 virtual study-a-thon this week (March 26-29) to inform healthcare decision-making in response to the current global pandemic. More than 290 people from 29 different countries have registered for the four-day online event, which will be led by researchers from Oxford University, … Read more
After the cancellation of the EU OHDSI symposium, scheduled at the end of this month, the community is bouncing back with an alternative activity: A virtual COVID-19 study-a-thon on the dates originally planned for the symposium: March 26th to 29th. If you are new to the study-a-thon concept, you can find an overview of our … Read more
Between January 13 and 17, approximately 40 people of all disciplines, from clinical to academic to Data Partners (all with data mapped to the OMOP common data model) gathered in Barcelona for the second EHDEN study-a-thon. This time, research questions were situated in the domain of Rheumatoid Arthritis as we set out to evaluate the … Read more