"Making Science Computable"

The Covid-19 Knowledge Accelerator is now the Health Evidence Knowledge Accelerator!

• Content and support tools for making science computable and facilitating HEvKA projects can be found on the Fast Evidence Interoperability Resources (FEvIR) Platform.

• The FEvIR HEvKA Project Page can be found at https://fevir.net/resources/Project/29272 and includes examples of evidence-related resources in current (R5) FHIR format.

We are attending multiple conferences in September, please see the detailed agenda below (in red) for meeting cancellations due to conference attendance.

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Google Drive folder for COKA

Click on the images below for introductory information about HEvKA

• Email balper@computablepublishing.com to be added to the HEvKA distribution list (daily email update of HEvKA activities)

• Join an expert working group for code system development -- see Invitation to join Expert Working Group. 

• Join us at any of the meetings listed on the left side of the screen by clicking on the following link: 

  Join Microsoft Teams Meeting (see meeting schedule below)

• We look forward to seeing you there!

You are welcome to join us!

Please email balper@computablepublishing.com with any questions.

For all of the above meetings: Join Microsoft Teams Meeting

+1 929-346-7156   United States, New York City (Toll)

Conference ID: 324 918 025#

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Meeting support by Computable Publishing LLC

• On August 31, the Project Management Group compiled the suggested agenda for the next 3 weeks:

  Friday, September 1:

  • 8 am Eastern: GRADE Ontology Working Group – project setup for GRADE Ontology development
  • 9 am Eastern: Risk of Bias Terminology Working Group – review SEVCO terms; attention to Predictive Model Research Bias
  • 10 am Eastern: Communications Working Group – publications (Introduction to EBMonFHIR), presentations
  • 12 pm Eastern: Eligibility Criteria Working Group (HL7 CDS EBMonFHIR sub-WG) – prepare for Cohort Definition Track of Connectathon

  Monday, September 4:  

  • NO MEETINGS (Labor Day holiday in US and Canada)

  Tuesday, September 5:

  • 9 am Eastern: Measuring the Rate of Scientific Knowledge Transfer Working Group – review ClinicalTrials.gov Converter application to data entry support
  • 2 pm Eastern: StatisticsOnFHIR Working Group (HL7 CDS EBMonFHIR sub-WG) – continue ANCOVA model characteristic details in example EndpointAnalysisPlan Profile for PHUSE Lilly Redacted Protocol
  • 3 pm Eastern: Ontology Management Working Group – review progress on tasks, attention to case-sensitive changes

  Wednesday, September 6:

  • 8 am Eastern: Funding the Knowledge Ecosystem Infrastructure Working Group – review status of 'Tools You Can Use'

  Thursday, September 7:

  • 8 am Eastern: EBM Implementation Guide Working Group (HL7 CDS EBMonFHIR sub-WG) – RecommendationPlan Profile of PlanDefinition
  • 9 am Eastern: Computable EBM Tools Development Working Group – review FEvIR® Platform developments; Guideline Authoring Tool or Summary of Net Effect related developments
  • 4 pm Eastern: Project Management – prepare HL7 Work Group Meeting agenda

  Friday, September 8:

  • 8 am Eastern: GRADE Ontology Working Group – project setup for GRADE Ontology development
  • 9 am Eastern: Risk of Bias Terminology Working Group – review SEVCO terms; attention to Predictive Model Research Bias
  • 10 am Eastern: Communications Working Group – publications (Introduction to EBMonFHIR), presentations
  • 12 pm Eastern: Eligibility Criteria Working Group (HL7 CDS EBMonFHIR sub-WG) – CANCELED (for travel to Connectahon)

  Monday, September 11:

  • NO MEETINGS (HL7 Work Group Meeting in Phoenix)

  Tuesday, September 12:

  • 9 am Eastern: Measuring the Rate of Scientific Knowledge Transfer Working Group – review comparison tooling for dual data entry
  • 2 pm Eastern: StatisticsOnFHIR Working Group (HL7 CDS EBMonFHIR sub-WG) – CANCELED (for HL7 Work Group Meeting in Phoenix)
  • 3 pm Eastern: Ontology Management Working Group – CANCELED (for HL7 Work Group Meeting in Phoenix)

  Wednesday, September 13:

  • NO MEETINGS (HL7 Work Group Meeting in Phoenix)

  Thursday, September 14:

  • NO MEETINGS (HL7 Work Group Meeting in Phoenix)

  Friday, September 15:

  • NO MEETINGS (HL7 Work Group Meeting in Phoenix)

  Monday, September 18:

  • NO MEETINGS (GIN 2023 in Glasgow)

  Tuesday, September 19:

  • NO MEETINGS (GIN 2023 in Glasgow)

  Wednesday, September 20:

  • NO MEETINGS (GIN 2023 in Glasgow)

  Thursday, September 21:

  • NO MEETINGS (GIN 2023 in Glasgow)

  Friday, September 22:

  • NO MEETINGS (GIN 2023 in Glasgow)

       Help us define terms (for risk of bias, study design, and statistical concepts) for a Scientific Evidence Code System (SEVCO) by joining the SEVCO Expert Working Group at https://fevir.net/resources/Project/27845.   

• EXAMPLES showcasing current FHIR format include:
• Evidence Resource (meta-analysis finding) at https://fevir.net/resources/Evidence/55, corresponding Citation Resource at https://fevir.net/resources/Citation/58
• Evidence Resource (randomized trial finding) at https://fevir.net/resources/Evidence/7637, corresponding Citation Resource at https://fevir.net/resources/Citation/7638
• EvidenceReport Resource (“COKA-EBM Clinical Outcomes in ACTT-1 Remdesivir RCT EvidenceReport”) at https://fevir.net/resources/EvidenceReport/156 fully supported with 9 Evidence Resources, 7 EvidenceVariable Resources, 2 Group Resources, and 1 ActivityDefinition Resource
• EvidenceReport Resource (“Anticoagulation for Non-critically ill COVID-19 Multiplatform RCT EvidenceReport”) at https://fevir.net/resources/EvidenceReport/18816
• EvidenceReport Resource (“Anticoagulation for Non-critically ill COVID-19 Individual RCTs Table EvidenceReport”) at https://fevir.net/resources/EvidenceReport/18831
• EvidenceReport Resource (“Anticoagulation for Non-critically ill COVID-19 Summary of Findings from RCTs Table EvidenceReport”) at https://fevir.net/resources/EvidenceReport/18881