Weekly OHDSI Digest – March 16th, 2020

OHDSI MEETINGS THIS WEEK
Please note: Due to the COVID-19 outbreak some OHDSI meetings may be cancelled or postponed. Below is a list of meetings that are currently still planned to occur, but be sure to keep an eye out on the forum and wiki for the latest updates on WG meetings

Oncology WG – Genomic Subgroup Meeting  – Tuesday 9am ET
URL: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/412862164?pwd=NmpEWTdTQlB4N3VxT0tQRXdDWlg0dz09
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:oncology-sg

Oncology WG – Outreach/Research Subgroup Meeting  – Tuesday at 10am ET
URL: https://zoom.us/j/780765541?pwd=RTVsRUVFdU4xV1BFZ2ZuVnJDVUVrdz09
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:oncology-sg

OHDSI Community Call  – NO MEETING THIS WEEK
wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:ohdsi_community

CDM & Vocabulary WG Meeting  – NO MEETING THIS WEEK
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:cdm-wg

Women of OHDSI – Meeting rescheduled for March 24th at 2pm ET
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:women_of_ohdsi

Oncology WG – Development Subgroup Meeting  – Wednesday at 10am ET
URL: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=documentation:oncology:development_schedule
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:oncology-sg

Psychiatry WG Meeting  – Thursday at 8am ET
URL: https://zoom.us/j/240721098?pwd=OHhYaWNlelJ6cUlYaG1yYTk1QUlkZz09
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:psychiatry

OMOP CDM Oncology WG – CDM/Vocabulary Subgroup Meeting  – Thursday at 10am ET
URL: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/755053125?pwd=V0dOZVVnY3RMRWgxMVVGTDdVbnA1UT09
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:oncology-sg

EHR WG Meeting  – NO MEETING THIS WEEK

You can find a full list of upcoming OHDSI meetings here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X0oa9R-V8cwpF1WQZDJOqcXZguPKRiCZ6XrQ2zXMiuQ/edit

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OHDSI European Symposium – In light of the current uncertainty around COVID-19, we have decided to cancel the in-person OHDSI EU Symposium, which was scheduled to take place March 27-29, 2020 in Oxford, UK. Please read more about this decision from Peter Rijnbeek.

Virtual Study-a-thon – With the 2020 European Symposium cancelled, we have decided to host a virtual study-a-thon which will take place on the same dates (March 26-29th). To learn more about this event, check out this forum post: https://forums.ohdsi.org/t/ohdsi-virtual-study-a-thon-to-support-covid-19-response-to-take-place-26-29mar2020-collaborators-wanted/9810
To register for this virtual event, please fill in this googleform: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6PZd1ESSdKx3IoNbV_HTkYUgw-YertNRdUGX_pBr1q_6UDQ/viewform

The reward for work well done is the opportunity to do more.
Jonas Salk

COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS
Treatment Patterns for Chronic Comorbid Conditions in Patients With Cancer Using a Large-Scale Observational Data Network.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32134687

Empirical assessment of case-based methods for drug safety alert identification in the French National Healthcare System database (SNDS): Methodology of the ALCAPONE project.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32133717

Incidence, risk factors and re-exacerbation rate of severe asthma exacerbations in a multinational, multidatabase pediatric cohort study.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32115766