Phenotype Sharing Feasibility Through OMOP Demonstrated In Recent JBI Paper
Traditional methods of identifying phenotypes over varied networks of electronic health record (EHR) databases is challenging. The recently published “Facilitating Phenotype Transfer Using A Common Data Model” paper in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics demonstrated success in creating a systematic process for sharing disease definitions—known as phenotypes—across a network using the Observational Health Data Sciences […]
EHDEN Consortium Announces First Data Partner Call

The European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN), a strong OHDSI partner in the journey of turning real-world evidence into meaningful solutions for health and healthcare, has announced its first Open Data Partner Call in hopes of welcoming new data custodians to the EHDEN community. The official EHDEN release is below, as well as pertinent […]
China Symposium, Tutorials Introduce Potential Collaborators To OHDSI Community
The annual OHDSI China Symposium, which took place June 27-29 at Shanghai Jiaotong University, reinforced the impressive potential of the OHDSI network via the collaboration of multiple, motivated stakeholders. Attendees of the symposium included experts and scholars from major universities in China, medical information-related practitioners of various medical and health institutions, medical-related scientific research personnel, […]
OHDSI Provides Oxford Session, Leads One-Day Study That Posts Impressive Results
The boundless potential to create real-world evidence through OHDSI was demonstrated for a second time in as many weeks, as collaborators from both sides of the Atlantic met in England during the Real World Epidemiology: Oxford Summer School session. Peter Rijnbeek and Patrick Ryan led the June 27 session on the OMOP common data model, OHDSI, and […]
OHDSI, Center For Surgical Sciences Achieve End-To-End Analyses During ‘Inspiring Collaboration’
Patrick Ryan and Peter Rijnbeek joined department members from the Denmark Center for Surgical Science (CSS) June 15-17 for an intensive and successful three-day workshop to validate the OHDSI infrastructure at CSS and to study important questions that impact healthcare. “It was an inspiring collaboration, because these practicing clinicians have real questions that directly impact the lives of […]