OHDSI Digest – August 8th, 2016

OHDSI MEETINGS THIS WEEK
Patient-Level Prediction working group meeting – Wednesday at 12pm ET
Join the meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/972917661

NLP working group meeting – Wednesday at 2pm
Join the meeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/707196421
– Call-in: +1 (571) 317-3122 (United States)
– Enter conference ID: 707-196-421

Architecture working group meeting – Thursday at 1pm
Webex: https://jjconferencing.webex.com/mw0401lsp13/mywebex/default.do?service=1&main_url=%2Fmc0901lsp13%2Fe.do%3Fsiteurl%3Djjconferencing%26AT%3DMI%26EventID%3D283835502%26MTID%3Dmb7e839a762fbdaab0608f27500679223%26Host%3DQUhTSwAAAALN0cAEoYypZD0FLlSTucGjiYMi0Jtc0aswBjTXyAgSWKQK7Y5vkbh5XEyTNltfEKaifFNjSDCDBoLRT5dd5cFq0%26FrameSet%3D2&siteurl=jjconferencing&nomenu=true
Call-in toll-free number: 1-877-5659999 (US)
Call-in number: 1-617-9392838 (US)
Attendee access code: 498 480 37

ANNOUNCEMENTS
NCI Funding available – Deadline to apply: October 21st
https://sbir.cancer.gov/funding/contracts/currentcontracts

OHDSI Symposium 2016 – Tutorial attendees selected
Attendees for the 2016 tutorial sessions have been selected. Notification emails will be sent to selected participants by the end of the day tomorrow.

OHDSI Symposium 2016 – Registration closed
We’ve reached maximum capacity. We do however anticipate cancellations. If you’re interested in attending, put your name on the waiting list: https://docs.google.com/a/ohdsi.org/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdAkoG7zdRAxiMdDaEbQ4Wk9H9_qUsNnTVSX2ggaRhuaybczg/viewform

COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS
Predictive performance of four frailty measures in an older Australian population.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26504118

Prognostic value of cardiopulmonary exercise testing in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. The Henry Ford HospITal CardioPulmonary EXercise Testing (FIT-CPX) project.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26995385

National Trends in Utilization, Mortality, Complications, and Cost of Care After Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation From 2005 to 2011.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26588867

Predicting G Protein-Coupled Receptor Downstream Signaling by Tissue Expression
http://bioinformatics.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/08/01/bioinformatics.btw510.abstract