National COVID cohort collaborative (N3C)

The National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) is a complementary and synergistic partnership among the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hubs, distributed clinical data networks (PCORnet, OHDSI, ACT/i2b2, TriNetX), and other partner organizations. The N3C aims to improve the efficiency and accessibility of analyses using a very large row-level (patient-level) COVID-19 clinical dataset and demonstrate a novel approach for collaborative pandemic data sharing.

Learn more about the N3C in their webinar from this year’s symposium of the American Medical Informatics Association recorded on April, 13, 2020: “Building a Nationwide COVID-19 Cohort Through Informatics: A new initiative being coordinated by CD2H NCATS.”

The N3C welcomes partnership with the scientific community through four work streams that are open to anyone. Each workstream will provide weekly updates in this bulletin. To join the N3C effort and connect with participants, please follow the instructions found here.

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