Tidy R working group

Description and goals

OKRs 2026

OKRs 2025

Objective 1

To create and promote a unified set of resources to guide Tidy R development in OMOP and support the OHDSI community.

Results

  • Adoption of the Tidy R programming with the OMOP CDM book by the workgroup.
  • Publish the first version of the Tidy R Development in OMOP book to establish best practices for R package development with the OMOP CDM.
  • Provide an outline of additional related books that could expand the resource collection

Objective 2

To establish an overview of available packages relevant to Tidy R programming in OMOP (tidyverse style packages).

Results

  • Launch a documentation page linking typical epidemiologic research questions to relevant OHDSI packages.
  • Compile a list of packages in the OHDSI GitHub organisation that work or can work with the tidy OMOP CDM.
  • Identify additional repositories outside OHDSI that could align with the shared framework.
  • Document the purpose and scope of existing OHDSI packages.

Regular meetings

The regular meetings take place the first Wednesday of the month.

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