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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Patrick Ryan
In light of the current uncertainty around COVID-19, the OHDSI steering committee decided to cancel the in-person OHDSI EU Symposium, which was scheduled to take place 27-29Marc2020 in Oxford, UK. In lieu of this large meeting event, the OHDSI steering committe has decided to coordinate a virtual OHDSI study-a-thon to take place over the same period that will be focused on generating real-world evidence that can inform the current COVID-19 pandemic response
We expect there are many ways the OHDSI community can contribute to the current situation:
- Characterisation of symptoms and complications of viral diseases
- Prediction of adverse outcomes amongst patients with virus-related hospitalization
- Comparative safety of treatments being considered/used for potential use in COVID-19
Some of these questions can be immediately addressed with historical data from administrative claims, electronic health records and other sources already available to our community. For others, we can be prepared to validate any findings in databases as COVID-19 cases become available.