OHDSI Kicks Off International Collaborative to Generate Real-World Evidence on COVID-19 with Virtual Study-a-thon
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, […]
Cervical Cancer Risk Decreases In Users Of Copper IUDs vs. Hormonal IUDs; Team Seeks Community Involvement For Network Study
Patients who used copper intrauterine devices (Cu IUD) were found to have a lower risk of high-grade cervical neoplasms (cervical cancer) compared to users of the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system (LNG-IUS), according to a Columbia study recently published in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Studies from the 1980s suggested a reduced risk of cervical cancer among women who used […]
Recommended Diuretic Causes More Side Effects than Similar Hypertension Drug, Per Recent LEGEND Study
READ THE FULL STUDY HERE Chlorthalidone, the guideline-recommended diuretic for lowering blood pressure, causes more serious side effects than hydrochlorothiazide, a similarly effective diuretic, according to a recent OHDSI study. The findings, published in JAMA Internal Medicine, contrast with current treatment guidelines recommending chlorthalidone over hydrochlorothiazide. The researchers found that patients taking chlorthalidone had nearly […]
Invested Stakeholders, OHDSI Tools/Practices Drive Successful Rheumatoid Arthritis Study-A-Thon In Barcelona
One year after a similar study-a-thon at Oxford resulted in a knee replacement study published by The Lancet Rheumatology, 40 stakeholders from across industry, academia, and health systems — representing 10 different nations and 14 observational databases — gathered to participate in a OHDSI-EHDEN Study-a-thon and run the world’s largest network studies on Rheumatoid Arthritis […]
Landmark OHDSI Network Study Published!
Columbia University Press Realease: New Study Finds Wide Geographic Differences in Treatment of Diabetes, Hypertension, Depression Large-scale observational research may offer new approach to studying diverse patient groups An international observational study led by Columbia University researchers has uncovered widespread differences in the treatment of patients with common chronic diseases, including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, […]