Integrating real-world data from Brazil and Pakistan into the OMOP common data model and standardized health analytics framework to characterize COVID-19 in the Global South.
Elzo Pereira Pinto JuniorPriscilla NormandoRenzo Flores-OrtizMuhammad Usman AfzalMuhammad Asaad JamilSergio Fernandez BertolinVinícius de Araújo OliveiraValentina MartufiFernanda de SousaAmir BashirEdward BurnMaria Yury IchiharaMaurício Lima BarretoTalita Duarte SallesDaniel Prieto AlhambraHaroon HafeezSara KhalidPublished in: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA (2022)
COVID-19 data from 2 large countries in the Global South were harmonized and analyzed using a standardized health informatics framework developed by an international community of health informaticians. This proof-of-concept study demonstrates a potential open science framework for global knowledge mobilization and clinical translation for timely response to healthcare needs in pandemics and beyond.