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Hi All,
On next Tuesday’s OHDSI call I’ll be providing a walk-through of OHDSI.org. To help me prepare for the call, it would be helpful to know which information is currently difficult to find on the website. If there’s something you consistently have trouble finding on OHDSI.org or the wiki, let me know by replying to this thread.
Many thanks,
Maura
Not really hard to find once you know where it is but the point is to make it easy and intuitive for all- getting from the website (http://www.ohdsi.org/data-standardization/ ) to the CDM v5in the wiki, requires one to scroll to the bottom of the website page- put the links right at the top of the page and make it prominent!!
Data Standardization | OHDSIhttp://www.ohdsi.org/data-standardization/
www.ohdsi.org
Data standardization is the critical process of bringing data into a common format that allows for collaborative research, large-scale analytics, and sharing of …
These are the key links:
For more information about the CDM please read the documentationhttp://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=documentation:cdm#common_data_model, download the DDLhttps://github.com/OHDSI/CommonDataModel for various database dialects and learn about the Standardized Vocabularieshttp://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=documentation:vocabulary:sidebar. If you have qustions post them at the OHDSI Forumhttp://forums.ohdsi.org/c/cdm-builders.
Lisa Schilling, MD, MSPH
Patrick used to show in PPT slides a very nice view of what are standard vocabularies for each domain. (e.g., what source terminologies are considered and that target terminologies are standard).
E.g., procedures have CPT4+HCPCS+xxx.
I wish this file (overview would be easy to find) (or find-able at all - I never was able to find it)
It is an elaborate spreadsheet. (or maybe it is now “deprecated”)
Well, it’s deprecated. 
We don’t have anymore “standard vocabularies”. We have only standard concepts.
There are rules which vocabulary we prefer for which domain. Why do you need it?
@MauraBeaton: I always have trouble finding the information on past symposiums. Maybe if there was a symposium page with a subpage with info from last years symposium (i.e., agenda, poster abstracts, poster pdfs, etc.) it would be helpful.
Just a thought!
Sometimes I find a page on the wiki, but have no idea how I could have gotten there by just browsing the wiki. A recent example is: http://www.ohdsi.org/web/wiki/doku.php?id=documentation:international_drugs
It would be helpful to see in what subdirectory the current page is. The upper ‘folder history’ and the left menu are sometimes helping, but not always.
Some closer inspection shows that no page on the wiki links to this particular page (backlinks). Does this occur more often?
That is my fault. But it’s also Wiki. You can create pages that are not hierarchically linked up to anything. And this is how this page started: As a place were we could discuss the approach. But now I agree, it’s time to bring it in.
I am new to OHDSI and am trying to understand where to find this info … which vocabs for each domain… For example if my conditions are in ICD9 , do I need SNOMED also if it is preferred?
Yes. We are aware of that. We need to group them into the domains, so you know that if you have lab tests you will need, say, LOINC. Let’s give that a shot. The problem is that there is no simple domain-to-vocabulary relationship. But we’ll think of something.
And yes, you need SNOMED for any conditions (ICD9 for example), RxNorm for Drug.
Let me know if you have more questions.
On OHDSI.org click on the Standards menu item to get to the data standardization page, scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and you will see the link to the Athena download page.
The direct link to the Athena download page from OHDSI.org is http://www.ohdsi.org/web/athena/
Can we get one of the buttons like the other tools have on the software tab. I looked at that page and completely missed it!
I made the Athena vocabulary download link into a button and moved it up nearer the top of the data standardization page, so it’s easier to see.