Weekly OHDSI Digest – April 20th, 2020

OHDSI MEETINGS THIS WEEK

**OHDSI STATEMENT ON COVID-19:**  OHDSI is committed to doing what it can to support and inform the COVID-19 pandemic response, and will prioritize activities aligned to this effort. As we adjust to the current global situation, the OHDSI community will continue to have our regular Tuesday community calls, as well as our various working group calls. Understandably, some calls could be postponed or cancelled due to issues surrounding COVID-19, so we ask that you continuously check the OHDSI forums, weekly digest and social channels for updated information. OHDSI is a virtual community, so we are equipped to continue collaboration during this challenging time.

OMOP CDM Oncology WG – Genomic Subgroup Meeting  – Tuesday at 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

OMOP CDM Oncology WG – Outreach/Research Subgroup Meeting  – Tuesday at 10am ET
URL: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=documentation:oncology:outreach_schedule
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:oncology-sg

OHDSI Community Call  – Tuesday at 12pm ET
Zoom Meeting URL: https://columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/945377669
Meeting ID: 945 377 669
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:ohdsi_community

Women of OHDSI – Tuesday at 2pm ET
URL: https://columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92121589615
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:women_of_ohdsi

Pharmacovigilance Evidence Investigation (PEI) Working Group – Wednesday at 9am ET
URL: https://meet.lync.com/jnj-its/evoss3/Q7P48H1D
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:kb-wg

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

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

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS
New Teleconferencing Details for OHDSI Community Calls  – Our weekly OHDSI community calls, which take place every Tuesday at noon will no longer be hosted via webex. For the time being, these calls will be hosted via Zoom. The details to join are:
Zoom Meeting URL: https://columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/945377669
Meeting ID: 945 377 669

Women of OHDSI mentorship sessions – The Women of OHDSI will be holding ad hoc mentorship meetings, hosted by experts within a variety of areas. These meetings will have the aim of providing a forum for attendees to ask questions and seek guidance. Each meeting will be structured around a given topic, either focused on a specific technical area (ex. how to write a patient-level prediction protocol) or on general career development (ex. improving soft skills). The meetings may include a short presentation on the topic, but will primarily be designed for attendees to ask questions. To help us organize the meetings, please fill in this googleform and outline areas where you feel you could use more support: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdXCGVaNZzhqAoVkWXMQOw0jypD6cMuRo658DgpxrkdC7WrBg/viewform

OHDSI F2F & 2020 US Symposium  To do our part in reducing the spread of COVID-19 we have decided not to hold a F2F meeting this summer. However, planning for the 2020 U.S. Symposium, which will take place October 18-21st, is underway, and we will be sharing details when they become available.

COVID-19 Virtual Study-a-thon  – To contribute to the COVID-19 response, the OHDSI community hosted a virtual study-a-thon on March 26-29th. For videos from this event, check out this forum post: FINAL GLOBAL UPDATE: #OHDSICOVID19 Study-A-Thon (video link posted)
And keep up-to-date on all post study-a-thon activities here: https://www.ohdsi.org/covid-19-updates/

Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.
Lao Tzu

COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS
Safety of hydroxychloroquine, alone and in combination with azithromycin, in light of rapid wide-spread use for COVID-19: a multinational, network cohort and self-controlled case series study (Pre-print)
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.08.20054551v1

Effect of Age on the Initiation of Biologic Agent Therapy in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Korean Common Data Model Cohort Study.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32293578

Evaluation of a clinical decision rule to guide antibiotic prescription in children with suspected lower respiratory tract infection in The Netherlands: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised trial.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32004317