Learning from hackers: open-source clinical trials.

Dunn, Adam G; Day, Richard O; Mandl, Kenneth D; Coiera, Enrico · Sci Transl Med · 2012

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Abstract

Open sharing of clinical trial data has been proposed as a way to address the gap between the production of clinical evidence and the decision-making of physicians. A similar gap was addressed in the software industry by their open-source software movement. Here, we examine how the social and technical principles of the movement can guide the growth of an open-source clinical trial community.

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