# Joint openEHR/OMOP Working Group - expressions of interest welcome
**URL:** https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595
**Category:** Community
**Tags:** omop, fhir, ohdsi, hl7, openehr
**Created:** [17 November 2025 15:07 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595 "2025-11-17T15:07:38Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Abi](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Abi)
#### Post date: [17 November 2025 15:07 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/1 "2025-11-17T15:07:39Z")
🤝 Announcing the Joint openEHR & OMOP Working Group
We’re pleased to announce the launch of a joint openEHR–OMOP Working Group, a collaborative initiative bringing together two major global ecosystems in health data interoperability.
The group is led by Dr. **Somayeh Abedian** , openEHR Fellow and official representative of **openEHR International** , who brings extensive expertise in health data standards, semantic modeling and interoperability frameworks. Dr. Abedian has been an active contributor to the openEHR community and has played a significant role in promoting collaboration between clinical and research data environments.
🧭 Purpose & Vision
This working group builds on the growing alignment between openEHR and **Health Level Seven International** FHIR, expanding the collaboration to include the OMOP Common Data Model (CDM). Its mission is to bridge openEHR’s clinical modeling framework with OMOP-CDM to enable large-scale data reuse and real-world evidence generation, while maintaining clinical meaning and semantic consistency across platforms.
🧩 Key Focus Areas
▪ Developing practical tools and mappings between openEHR archetypes/templates and OMOP-CDM entities.
▪ Identifying governance and standardization touchpoints to enhance data quality and alignment.
▪ Establishing community-driven workflows to connect clinical care and research ecosystems.
▪ Exploring AI-assisted transformation tools to accelerate semantic interoperability.
▪ Building a sustainable bridge in interoperability domain and between openEHR, FHIR, and OMOP for the secondary use of real-world data.
If you are interested in interoperability, clinical modeling, or real-world evidence, this is an opportunity to join an international collaboration advancing health data standardisation and reuse.
🚀 Get Involved
1️⃣ Contact @s.abedian via direct message or email **[so.abedian@gmail.com](mailto:so.abedian@gmail.com)** to express your interest
2️⃣ Register via the openEHR & OMOP Working Group membership form - **[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfISVxHG15f\_LjiNrRoEaBYCBSWGcq8D5KvCNhsiu8fsojVkg/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfISVxHG15f_LjiNrRoEaBYCBSWGcq8D5KvCNhsiu8fsojVkg/viewform)**
Through collaborative leadership and shared expertise, this working group will strengthen the link between openEHR and OMOP, enabling more meaningful, interoperable and reusable health data worldwide.
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### Author:  [@joostholslag](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/joostholslag)
#### Post date: [18 November 2025 17:36 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/2 "2025-11-18T17:36:16Z")
I’m interested.
I (together with @heidi.koikkalainen and @David-Jobling and @ian.mcnicoll ) have proposed a project to a potential customer. My/our availability at least partially depends on that proposal being accepted.
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### Author:  [@Abi](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Abi)
#### Post date: [18 November 2025 17:38 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/3 "2025-11-18T17:38:01Z")
Thanks @joostholslag 👍
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### Author:  [@yampeku](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/yampeku)
#### Post date: [18 November 2025 18:47 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/4 "2025-11-18T18:47:36Z")
Count me in 😃
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### Author:  [@s.abedian](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/s.abedian)
#### Post date: [18 November 2025 19:41 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/5 "2025-11-18T19:41:15Z")
Thanks, Joost. You are now registered and added to the group. Hopefully everything goes well with your proposal. I’m looking forward to hearing good news from your side! 🤞
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### Author:  [@heidi.koikkalainen](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/heidi.koikkalainen)
#### Post date: [19 November 2025 12:04 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/6 "2025-11-19T12:04:27Z")
Could you please add me too, Somayeh? 🙂
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### Author:  [@beatriznaven](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/beatriznaven)
#### Post date: [19 November 2025 12:04 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/7 "2025-11-19T12:04:37Z")
I am also interested in taking part of it! Thanks a lot 🤩
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### Author:  [@s.abedian](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/s.abedian)
#### Post date: [19 November 2025 13:24 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/8 "2025-11-19T13:24:00Z")
Sure, dear Heidi … with pleasure! 🥰
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### Author:  [@s.abedian](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/s.abedian)
#### Post date: [19 November 2025 14:18 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/9 "2025-11-19T14:18:25Z")
For sure! Could you please send your email along with the message? Many thanks
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### Author:  [@surfer](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/surfer)
#### Post date: [25 November 2025 08:12 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/11 "2025-11-25T08:12:49Z")
I would like to join the group. I’ve filled out the form 🙂
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### Author:  [@vanessap](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/vanessap)
#### Post date: [26 November 2025 16:11 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/12 "2025-11-26T16:11:51Z")
Hi @s.abedian could you please add me too?
Thanks for organizing it, this is very valuable!
I have filled up the form too.
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### Author:  [@s.abedian](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/s.abedian)
#### Post date: [27 November 2025 13:45 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/13 "2025-11-27T13:45:49Z")
Hi @surfer and @vanessap ..Thank you for your interest..You are already added to the Team… Welcome on board. See you on December 11 @15 p.m. CET
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### Author:  [@joostholslag](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/joostholslag)
#### Post date: [15 December 2025 16:58 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/15 "2025-12-15T16:58:10Z")
Are there any plans to present at the OHDSI Europe conference?
> **[OHDSI Europe Symposium 2026](https://ohdsi-europe.org/index.php/symposium2026)**
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> European OHDSI Initiative
February 6th, 2026 is the deadline for abstract submission.
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### Author:  [@Elanchezhian\_K\_R](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/Elanchezhian_K_R)
#### Post date: [11 January 2026 20:57 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/16 "2026-01-11T20:57:33Z")
Hi **[@s.abedian](https://www.perplexity.ai/search/where-can-i-get-the-headers-of-yukt73EZQsWv8CDr1N4gTw)**,
I am interested in joining the openEHR & OMOP working group to both learn and actively contribute.
I recently came across openEHR, and through that I discovered OHDSI, its Common Data Model (CDM), and OMOP. I find this ecosystem and its approach to standardized, interoperable health data very exciting and would like to deepen my understanding while supporting the group’s ongoing work.
Could you please add me to the openEHR & OMOP working group
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### Author:  [@s.abedian](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/s.abedian)
#### Post date: [27 January 2026 12:14 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/17 "2026-01-27T12:14:31Z")
Hi Joost,
Thank you for your kind reminder. Unfortunately, not this year, as all talks and sessions have already been closed. Hopefully, we will be there next year 💪
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### Author:  [@s.abedian](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/s.abedian)
#### Post date: [27 January 2026 12:49 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/18 "2026-01-27T12:49:38Z")
Hi Elanchezhian,
Thanks for your interest! Great to hear about your motivation to learn and contribute. I’ll add you to the openEHR & OMOP working group. Welcome!
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### Author:  [@s.abedian](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/s.abedian)
#### Post date: [27 January 2026 13:03 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/19 "2026-01-27T13:03:03Z")
Dear Mayank,
Thanks for your interest! I’ll add you to the group, and you’ll receive regular monthly meeting invitations after that.
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### Author:  [@vanessap](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/vanessap)
#### Post date: [27 January 2026 14:14 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/21 "2026-01-27T14:14:31Z")
Hi @s.abedian , I tried to join the call but doesn’t seem to work for me - no one is approving the request to enter in the call.
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### Author:  [@yampeku](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/yampeku)
#### Post date: [27 January 2026 15:06 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/22 "2026-01-27T15:06:46Z")
Hello @vanessap , we cancelled this week’s call due to teams technical problems (we weren’t able to access to start the call)
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### Author:  [@vanessap](https://discourse.openehr.org/u/vanessap)
#### Post date: [27 January 2026 18:38 UTC](https://discourse.openehr.org/t/joint-openehr-omop-working-group-expressions-of-interest-welcome/11595/23 "2026-01-27T18:38:32Z")
Thanks for letting me know. I didn’t receive any email or notification, so I just waited 😅
Edit: Apologies! My mistake, I did receive an email from you @yampeku under the ohdsi email, but I didn’t see it in time because it went to my spam folder. I will pay more attention next time.
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