Hi, I’m Dee-Ann and tend to bring OHDSI with me where I go.
This will be my 4th time introducing a new (to me) organization to the OHDSI ecosystem and I would like to leverage existing efforts if they are available.
Each new org that I introduced to the OHDSI suite has had a different need that was able to be filled. After the initial need was filled, trust had been built and interest developed in what else this platform offered.
Some Examples:
- A Clinical Trials data acquisition and analysis company needed to add LOINC coding to its lab data sets. Usagi, OMOP, Atlas and a DIY BERT fine-tune for internal code mapping prediction was the entry point for OHDSI into that org.
- For a volunteer organization the entry point was cohort design.
- In my new position the org’s entry point is is code system browsing and concept set creation but interest is already developing regarding cohort design.
One thing all of these implementations have in common is an ever increasing request for presentations to internal stakeholders. This builds from a few people sharing the information with a few more and then the frequency requests for information builds as new teams hear about the implementation.
In some instances just designing these materials for the perspective of the interested parties consumes a significant portion of the project timeline. In order to focus on those “how OHDSI can help you” presentations, I would like to provide more general background materials a week in advance that include high level overviews of the OMOP / OHDSI backstory, features and tools, external integration opportunities (Synthea, Carrot, etc…),and architecture and security reference diagrams.
For context most of these implementations leverage Broadsea initially and the audiences are role based (c-level, research departments, dev ops, and developers).
If anyone has used and appreciated specific presentations, slide decks or offline materials please send your suggestions and if applicable the type of audience presented to.
Some resources that I always introduce are The Book of OHDSI, the OMOP cdm schema website, and the athena.ohdsi.org & atlas-demo.ohdsi.org sites for exploration.
Thank you!