Weekly OHDSI Digest – March 9th, 2020

OHDSI MEETINGS THIS WEEK

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

OHDSI Community Call  – Tuesday at 12pm ET
Webex: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M59X2V1U61WC9ASID2Z5N3UT95-D1JL&rnd=96139.930901412523321531221112212141232121131213113112112121536
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:ohdsi_community

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

NLP Working Group – Wednesday at 2pm ET
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/707196421
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:nlp-wg

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

China WG – Friday at 10am ET
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/721873621
Wiki: https://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=projects:workgroups:china-wg

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

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AMIA Abstract Submissions Due This Wednesday!  AMIA’s 2020 Annual Symposium, set to take place Nov 14-18 in Chicago will be accepting abstracts until this Wednesday, March 11th. For more information, check out their call for participation:
https://www.amia.org/amia2020/call-for-participation

Two OHDSI studies published in Lancet!  Another OHDSI study has been published in Lancet! The EHDEN team’s Rheumatology paper is available here: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanrhe/article/PIIS2665-9913(19)30075-X/fulltext
If you haven’t yet checked out the LEGEND hypertension study in the Lancet, you can check it out here:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)32317-7/fulltext
For more info on the study, check out our press release:
https://www.ohdsi.org/ohdsi-news-updates/legend-hypertension-study/

I get nervous when I don’t get nervous. If I’m nervous I know I’m going to have a good show.
Beyoncé

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