Weekly OHDSI Digest – July 8th, 2019

OHDSI MEETINGS THIS WEEK

Gold Standard Phenotype Library WG meeting  – Tuesday at 9am ET
URL: https://gatech.webex.com/webappng/sites/gatech/meeting/info/128704664173552569?MTID=mdd4af3e9b84212fc7df3eb0150703df5

The Book of OHDSI working group meeting  – Tuesday at 11am ET
Zoom URL: https://columbiauniversity.zoom.us/j/258043190

OHDSI Community Call  – Tuesday at 12pm ET
URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M59X2V1U61WC9ASID2Z5N3UT95-D1JL&rnd=96139.930901412523321531221112212141232121131213113112112121536

CDM-Genomics WG meetings – Wednesday at 12am in South Korea
URL: https://abmi.webex.com/abmi-en/j.php?MTID=m2747af107665e0586909629968cc2260

ATLAS workgroup meeting  – Wednesday at 10am ET
URL: https://jjconferencing.webex.com/webappng/sites/jjconferencing/meeting/info/129429150951851372?MTID=mca074ae1ff6eb7d80245d36b59188c80

Patient-Level Prediction WG meetings – Wednesday at 12pm ET
URL: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/972917661

ACHILLES workgroup meetings – Wednesday at 2pm ET
URL: https://meet.lync.com/jnj-its/alondhe2/SQJ07PJ4

NLP workgroup meeting – Wednesday at 2pm ET
URL: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/707196421

Population-Level Estimation WG (Eastern Hemisphere)  – Thursday at 4pm in South Korea
URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M3T9BZV9RSB6YNDM8WDDZMI19D-D1JL

China WG meetings – Friday at 10am ET
URL: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/721873621

EHR Working Group  – Friday at 10am ET
URL: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/4984831362

Metadata and Annotations WG  – Friday at 2pm ET
URL: https://jjconferencing.webex.com/meet/alondhe2

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Looking for presenters for upcoming OHDSI community calls  We are looking for collaborators to share their work on upcoming OHDSI calls. If you are interested in presenting on an upcoming OHDSI call please email me at beaton@ohdsi.org

2019 OHDSI Symposium – CREATIVE SUBMISSIONS  – In addition to scientific submissions for the collaborator showcase, we’re also accepting creative submissions. We want to give collaborators a chance to showcase their special talents! This could include, playing a musical instrument, singing, an interpretive dance, or an OHDSI-inspired painting. For more information about creative submissions, please check out our creative submissions page:
https://www.ohdsi.org/creative-submissions/
The deadline for creative submission is 5pm ET on Monday, August 12th, 2019

2019 OHDSI Symposium – TUTORIALS  Registration is now open for tutorials at this year’s OHDSI Symposium. Tutorials are set to take September 15th and 17th. More details about tutorials being offered is available here: https://www.ohdsi.org/tutorialworkshops2019/
Register for tutorials here: https://www.ohdsi.org/tutorialregistration2019/

2019 OHDSI Symposium – Titan Awards  To recognize OHDSI collaborators (or collaborating institutions) for their contributions towards OHDSI’s mission, we will be holding the second annual [OHDSI Titan Awards](https://www.ohdsi.org/2019-titan-awards/) at this year’s symposium. From now until August 6th we are inviting community members to nominate individuals or institutions they feel have made significant contributions towards advancing [OHDSI’s mission, vision and values](https://www.ohdsi.org/who-we-are/mission-vision-values/). Award winners will be announced before the networking reception at this year’s symposium on Monday, September 16th. Submit your nominations here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5d9G-KEW5G9wS2S5qxe8iGtsRVEHeMxDvwCCuj-Rg0qZYpw/viewform
Deadline to submit nominations is 5pm ET on August 6th

To me, a song is new every time I sing it.
Meat Loaf

COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS
Comorbidity Characterization Among eMERGE Institutions: A Pilot Evaluation with the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Groups® System
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6568092/

Associated clinical factors for serious infections in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31273256

Descriptive Usability Study of CirrODS: Clinical Decision and Workflow Support Tool for Management of Patients With Cirrhosis.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31271153

Effects of Virtual Reality training on medical students’ learning motivation and competency.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31258607

Healthcare quality-improvement and measurement strategies and its challenges ahead.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30753460