The Red Hat Group (RHG) was formed at the COMET VII meeting in Amsterdam in 2018, and comprises several initiatives related to improving choice of outcomes in health research – COMET, OMERACT, CS-COUSIN, GRADE, CMTP, COSMIN, CDISC and SONG.
Aim
The initial objective is to work together on a project to share knowledge and understanding of mechanisms to promote uptake of COS in comparative effectiveness research.
Center for Medical Technology Policy (CMTP): http://www.cmtpnet.org/
Cochrane Skin Core Outcome Set Initiative (CS-COUSIN): http://cs-cousin.org/
Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health Measurement Instruments (COSMIN): https://www.cosmin.nl/
Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC): https://www.cdisc.org/
MacGRADE Centre, McMaster University: https://cebgrade.mcmaster.ca/
Standardised Outcomes in Nephrology (SONG) Initiative: https://songinitiative.org/
Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT): https://omeract.org/