OHDSI Digest – January 30th, 2017

OHDSI MEETINGS THIS WEEK
Vocabulary / Population Visualization Working Group – Kick off meeting Tuesday at 11am ET
Webex: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M0TCF7ADLE0712J9UOYPULZAJA-D1JL&rnd=695083.27830

Patient-Level Prediction Workgroup (Eastern Hemisphere) – Wednesday at 3pm Hong Kong Time
URL: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/972917661

Population-Level Estimation Workgroup (Western Hemisphere) – Thursday at 12pm ET
Webex: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M3T9BZV9RSB6YNDM8WDDZMI19D-D1JL

Hadoop – Friday at 3pm ET
Webex: http://cloudera.webex.com/meet/sdolley

ANNOUNCEMENTS
OHDSI F2F – Registration is now open for the OHDSI F2F to take place on March 17-18th at GeorgiaTech in Atlanta. Register here:
http://www.ohdsi.org/events/2017-ohdsi-collaborator-face-to-face/

Diversity is our strength
– Justin Trudeau

COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS
How did the Introduction of Biosimilar Filgrastim Influence the Prescribing Pattern of Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factors? Results from a Multicentre, Population-Based Study, from Five Italian Centres in the Years 2009-2014.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27138636

Work environment and quality improvement in healthcare.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26966094

The relationship between the failure to eradicate Helicobacter pylori and previous antibiotics use.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26856963

Risk of cardiac valvulopathy with use of bisphosphonates: a population-based, multi-country case-control study.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26694594

Atypical Antipsychotics and the Risk of Falls and Fractures Among Older Adults: An Emulation Analysis and an Evaluation of Additional Confounding Control Strategies.
http://journals.lww.com/psychopharmacology/Abstract/publishahead/Atypical_Antipsychotics_and_the_Risk_of_Falls_and.98955.aspx

Ten Simple Rules to Enable Multi-site Collaborations through Data Sharing
http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005278