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…

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…

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…

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…