ObjectivesThe COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated access to large health system datasets to inform the public health response. To meet this need, the Provincial Health Services Authority and the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Health collaborated to create a population-based platform that integrates COVID-19 datasets with sociodemographic and administrative health data. ApproachA BC COVID Data Library proof-of-concept was created as a cloud-based, dynamic platform composed of de-identified datasets. The BC COVID-19 Cohort (BCC19C) represents a subset composed of people accessing COVID-19 health services (e.g., testing, vaccination) and linked health histories. Provincial COVID-19 datasets are updated daily and include COVID-19 lab tests, case surveillance, vaccinations and hospitalizations/deaths. These can be linked to administrative data holdings for the BC population, which are updated weekly/monthly and include vital statistics, medications, hospital admissions, medical visits, among others. A patient matching algorithm creates unique patient keys that allows the same individual to be linked across datasets. ResultsThe BCC19C has been used provincially to 1) support ongoing surveillance, reporting, and modelling of COVID-19; 2) describe and characterize the epidemiology of COVID-19; and 3) inform acute care planning, public health interventions and health care services in BC. Ongoing and completed BCC19C analyses include assessment of vaccine safety, vaccine effectiveness, and characteristics associated with infection and severe outcomes; use of medical visit data for syndromic surveillance and monitoring of unintended outcomes of the pandemic (e.g., mental health visits); and characterization of long-COVID. Availability of linked administrative data holdings has been crucial for identifying non-COVID control groups, measuring sociodemographics and co-morbidities, and complementing COVID-19 datasets for more complete capture of health outcomes (e.g., deaths, hospitalizations). ConclusionsThe large scope/breadth and timeliness of the linkable datasets integrated within the COVID Data Library and the BCC19C has supported the public health response in BC. Additional linkage to other data sources will further strengthen this data platform.

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To achieve optimal directional response and maintain superior stability in specific applications, pivot stabilizer design, selection, and evaluation are crucial when used as a near-bit pivot on point the bit rotary steerable systems. This paper describes the progression of stabilizer design through simulations, facility testing, field testing, and in-service performance tracking. Extensive testing and performance evaluation has allowed development of predictable directional response, bit/drill string stability, and other drilling performance metrics of specific stabilizer designs to be rationally chronicled for continual innovation in pivot stabilizer design.Field testing has provided direction for stabilizer characteristics specific to the application. Furthermore, Downhole Drilling Data Recorders (DDDR) have been utilized to monitor and provide a precise record of lateral and torsional vibration. Other measurement tools were required to monitor the directional response of the system. These developments in DDDR technologically have enabled an iterative scientific approach to stabilizer geometric design, yielding in hydraulics optimization and directional response.Stabilizer geometry characteristics are paramount when designing a bottom hole assembly (BHA) for particular formation and operating parameters with identifiable challenges. A fundamental understanding of the impact of pivot stabilizer geometry characteristics is necessary to yield improvements in tool performance and reliability while overcoming these challenges. This knowledge will consequently provide higher drilling efficiency and lower drilling costs.Post run analysis has confirmed unique stabilizer design characteristics are necessary to achieve optimum drilling performance. The design progression chronicled will quantitatively compare the effects of stabilizer design characteristics against field performance. Additionally, the evidence outlined in this document will enhance the industry's understanding of pivot stabilizer's design importance and offer advice for selecting pivot stabilizers on point the bit rotary steerable BHAs.