Steps to Join

How to Join the OHDSI Evidence Network as a Data Partner Organization

  1. Review the Data Partner Participation Guidelines for information on expectations for Data Partners and responsibilities of the OHDSI Coordinating Center (OCC).
  2. If required, submit an IRB application based on the research protocol, which we have organized and uploaded to Github.
    1. Evidence Network Study Protocol
    2. Example OHDSI Evidence Network IRB Application
  3. Generate a database profile of your OMOP CDM instance using the instructions on our study page. Once the package is run, you will receive the results either in the form of three csv files or a zip file, depending on your operating system.
    1. If the results are returned as three csv files, compress these files into a zip folder.
  4. Follow the instructions to upload the zip file to our SFTP site. Once you get to this point email us at evidencenetwork@ohdsi.org and we will furnish you with a key file to facilitate the file transfer.

Becoming Study Ready

After you join the Evidence Network, we want to make sure you are ready to hit the ground running when it comes to participating in network research. We have a sample study package we would like you to run that utilizes OHDSI’s Strategus framework. All instructions for running the sample study can be found here.

Once you have generated results, please send an email to evidencenetwork@ohdsi.org confirming your success.