"Making Science Computable"

Help Us Overcome COVID-19 Impact at the Speed of Thought

To accelerate identifying, processing, and disseminating knowledge about COVID-19,

we develop standards and support tools for computable expression of evidence and guidance

Weekly Meeting Schedule

Get Started with COKA

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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• Download Introductory Video

• View Introductory PowerPoint Presentation

• View YouTube Video of JHS Presentation

• An EXAMPLE of an Evidence Resource showcasing many of our active efforts can now be found at

• https://computablepublishing.us/fevir/resources/Evidence/RemdesivirExampleWithSOLIDARITY and the corresponding Citation Resource can be found at https://computablepublishing.us/fevir/resources/Citation/36413

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

• We look forward to seeing you there!

COKA Scholarly Communications Working Groups

Communications Working Group

Goal: The communications working group for the COVID-19 Knowledge Accelerator project will:

1. Develop messages for increasing awareness of COKA activities.

2. Develop messages for increasing engagement with COKA activities.

3. Develop products (scholarly publications and presentations) related to COKA activities.

Communications Working Group Google Drive Folder

Systematic Meta Review Project Group 

Goal:  To determine the consistency of findings and judgments across systematic reviews of corticosteroid treatment for COVID-19,

determine the most current accurate findings, and document the findings in computable resources for efficient updating and dissemination

Systematic Meta Review Project Group Google Drive Folder 

COKA Common Metadata Framework Working Group

The Common Metadata Framework Working Group had its first meeting February 2, 2021. This is a NEW project and relates to multiple developments including:

• Unifying the pattern of metadata elements across all the EBMonFHIR-related FHIR Resources.

• Proposing a unified pattern of metadata elements across FHIR Resources using the MetadataResource Resource pattern

• Coordinating these efforts with the FAIRness for FHIR (FHIR4FAIR) project: FAIR = Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable

• Coordinating these efforts with Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) efforts identifying metadata categories to make CBKs FAIR and Trustable

• Our proposal for a unified pattern of metadata elements across FHIR Resources using the MetadataResource Resource pattern (noted in the MetadataResource Proposal spreadsheet) was received well in a FAIRness for FHIR (FHIR4FAIR) project meeting.  Finding a time for this group to meet may end up occurring during one of our other Wednesday meetings.  If so we may reschedule some COKA meetings to find the best adjustment.

Terminology and Ontology Working Group

We have > 400 terms across 4 codes systems (Statistic Type, Statistic Model, Study Design, Risk of Bias) and mapped to 9 of 27 ontologies so far.   The terms and properties are currently stored in > 10 spreadsheets with multiple sheets per file, and the adjustments needed when a code system term changes is a bit unwieldy.

We desire a future state in which all this knowledge can be managed coherently to support FHIR structures as well as to support ontology development.

Potential developments include:

1. Moving this knowledge into FHIR structures (CodeSystem, ValueSet, and ConceptMap Resources)

2. Moving this knowledge into OWL/RDF ontological structure, which could support Protégé as an interface

3. Bridging transformations between FHIR structure and OWL/RDF ontological structure

COKA Infrastructure Working Groups

COKA Project Management Working Group

Goal: Administration and coordination of the COKA initiative

COKA Knowledge Ecosystem Liaison Working Group

Knowledge Ecosystem Liaison Working Group Google Drive Folder

 Goal: To liaise with other groups to coordinate with COKA efforts

Previously named the COKA Recommendation/CDS Liaison Work Group assembled to coordinate with other consortia

(e.g. ACTS, CDC ACG, COVID-END, SRDR) to apply COKA related concepts to knowledge acceleration for recommendations and clinical decision support.

COKA Code System Development Working Groups

Current Status of Code System Development

You are welcome to join this effort -- see Invitation to join Expert Working Group.

COKA Tools Development Working Groups

Evidence Evaluation and Reporting Tools Development Working Group Google Drive Folder

Content Citation and Classification Tools Development Working Group Google Drive Folder