Approaches and Costs for Sharing Clinical Research Data

Wilhelm et al talk about generation, dissemination, and sharing of research data, which are key ingredients in contributing to scientific progress and the public good. Data sharing has been encouraged to facilitate open science within the clinical research enterprise, improve the development of drugs and devices, and benefit public health. Models for data sharing vary based on accessibility of data to researchers who did not originally collect the data, the type and size of data collected, the sophistication of the database, and the design and capabilities of the user interface.