title: Learning from hackers: open-source clinical trials.
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.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Health Informatics, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia. a.dunn@unsw.edu.au
authors.forename: Adam G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: Richard O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: Kenneth D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Mandl
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Coiera
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016494:Computer Security; D005610:Freedom; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning