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31 January 2023

Moving From Idealism to Realism With Data Sharing

Authors: Keith A. Marsolo, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-1549, Kevin P. Weinfurt, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0624-7448, Karen L. Staman, MS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3448-9871, and Bradley G. Hammill, DrPH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-6434Author, Article, & Disclosure Information
Publication: Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 176, Number 3
https://doi.org/10.7326/M22-2973
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Significant efforts have been made in the past decade to promote open science and data sharing in clinical research. The moral and scientific arguments are clear: If data are shared, it could promote transparency and understanding of the results, honor the participation of individuals, and enable new discoveries (1).
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy recently updated guidance requiring that results of federally funded research be made immediately available, and federal agencies have drafted a series of policies that outline expectations of their awardees. For example, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a new …

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cover image Annals of Internal Medicine
Annals of Internal Medicine
Volume 176 • Number 3 • March 2023
Pages: 402 - 403

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Published online: 31 January 2023
Published in issue: March 2023

Keywords

  1. Algorithms
  2. Data management
  3. Disclosure
  4. Health care
  5. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
  6. Reproducibility
  7. Research funding
  8. Science policy
  9. Statistical data
  10. Statistical methods

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© 2023 American College of Physicians.

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Keith A. Marsolo, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-1549
Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (K.A.M., K.P.W., K.L.S., B.G.H.).
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Kevin P. Weinfurt, PhD https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0624-7448
Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (K.A.M., K.P.W., K.L.S., B.G.H.).
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Karen L. Staman, MS https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3448-9871
Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (K.A.M., K.P.W., K.L.S., B.G.H.).
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Bradley G. Hammill, DrPH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0389-6434
Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina (K.A.M., K.P.W., K.L.S., B.G.H.).
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Disclaimer: The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH or its HEAL Initiative.
Financial Support: This work is supported within the NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory by the NIH Common Fund through cooperative agreement U24AT009676 from the Office of Strategic Coordination within the Office of the NIH Director. This work is also supported by the NIH through the NIH HEAL Initiative under award U24AT010961.
Corresponding Author: Keith A. Marsolo, PhD, Population Health Sciences, Duke University, 300 West Morgan Street, Suite 636, Durham, NC 27701; e-mail, [email protected].
Author Contributions: Conception and design: B.G. Hammill, K.A. Marsolo, K.P. Weinfurt.
Analysis and interpretation of the data: K.L. Staman.
Drafting of the article: B.G. Hammill, K.A. Marsolo, K.L. Staman, K.P. Weinfurt.
Critical revision for important intellectual content: B.G. Hammill, K.A. Marsolo, K.P. Weinfurt.
Final approval of the article: B.G. Hammill, K.A. Marsolo, K.L. Staman, K.P. Weinfurt.
Obtaining of funding: K.P. Weinfurt.
This article was published at Annals.org on 31 January 2023.

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