What is OHDSI NL?
We are a group of OHDSI enthusiasts in NL who are working with observational health data mapped to the OMOP Common Data Model.
Background
Our vision is to advance observational health research on a national level using the OMOP CDM and the OHDSI toolkits, as a common foundation. OHDSI NL currently consists of members from academia, research institutions, hospitals, pharma companies and SMEs. Our OMOP & OHDSI expertise ranges from harmonizing data to the OMOP CDM, running studies, writing packages for methods development. Our members vary from health care providers to data specialists with secondary data use as common ground.
OHDSI NL is coordinated by the Health Data Science group from Erasmus MC, which has a close link to both the European Health Data & Evidence Network (EHDEN) and the Data Analysis and Real World Interrogation Network (DARWIN) coordinating center.
Our goal
The goal of OHDSI NL is to build a national community where members can learn by sharing knowledge, provide support for organizations to get started or take the next steps in their OHDSI journey, and contribute to advancing OHDSI and OMOP studies across the Netherlands. By building a national community we aim to:
- Create a national community where we can learn from each other by sharing knowledge and support (cross-institutional) observational research
- Identify and align potential research opportunities in the Netherlands
- Generate national level evidence using OHDSI tools and methodologies
- Generate exposure of OHDSI within the Dutch health research world
- Align mapping pipelines for Dutch vocabularies
- Maintain an overview of national data partners & data sets mapped to the OMOP CDM
- Connect and support data holders to map their data to the OMOP CDM
- Contribute to international network studies as a national representative
Why join the OHDSI NL community?
If you are curious about what OMOP CDM is, OHDSI NL can help you get started on your OHDSI journey!
Data Holder
If you have observational and/or real-world data, becoming an OHDSI NL Data Holder (DH) provides the opportunity to actively participate in network studies that contribute to scientific research, generate clinical evidence, and drive collective progress within the Dutch health data domain and beyond.
The OHDSI NL community can help:
- To learn more about standardizing your data to the OMOP CDM
- To work together on mapping harmonization
- To find members with OHDSI tooling expertise
- To reuse existing Dutch mappings
- To participate in (inter)national network studies
If you want to learn more about OHDSI NL Contact OHDSI NL and visit our OHDSI NL LinkedIn page
Data User
If you are interested in the current OMOP CDM data in the Netherlands, want to learn more about methods and tooling, joining the OHDSI NL community provides the opportunity to:
- Access to more data in OMOP CDM format
- Join multidisciplinary collaboration and network studies
- Connect to experts in OHDSI tooling and methodologies
- Learn more about current data standards and implementation
Join the OHDSI Netherlands Community
We would like to invite you to join our national node! Connect with researchers, data holders, and healthcare professionals across the Netherlands. Whether you are new to OHDSI or a veteran, together we can make a difference.
Feel free to join our next meeting to get to know us & what OHDSI NL is all about!
Contact OHDSI NL and visit our OHDSI NL LinkedIn page
Documentation and guides
Comprehensive documentation to guide you through every step of the OMOP CDM implementation process:
Getting Started Guide
Complete introduction to OMOP CDM concepts, architecture, and initial setup requirements.
(link to these documents, including newbie document)
Technical Specifications
Detailed technical documentation including table schemas, data types, and constraints
(link)
Training Materials
Interactive tutorials, webinars, and hands-on exercises for learning OMOP CDM.
(link to EHDEN Academy?)
Support & Community
Get support (make a contact form here)
Community Resources
OHDSI Forums
Join discussion, ask questions, and share knowledge with the global OHDSI community.
GitHub Repository
Access source code, report issues, and contribute to OMOP CDM development.
Workgroup Meetings
Attend regular meetings according to your interest.
The book of OHDSI
Comprehensive guide to observational health data science and informatics.
The latest from OHDSI NL
(insert here the latest post from the OHDSI NL linkedIn)
View latests posts in LinkedIn
Leading Organisation
Renske Los & Aniek Markus
Department of Medical Informatics,
Erasmus MC University Medical Center
PO Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Visiting address: Na-2613, Dr. Molewaterplein 40, 3015 GD Rotterdam