New US rules on sharing healthcare research data are a giant leap for open science

Starting on Jan. 25, 2023, many of the 2,500 institutions and 300,000 researchers that the U.S. National Institutes of Health supports will need to provide a formal, detailed plan for publicly sharing the data generated by their research. For many in the scientific community, this new NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy sounds like a no-brainer. The incredibly quick development of rapid tests and vaccines for COVID-19 demonstrate the success that can follow the open sharing of data within the research community. The importance and impact of that data even drove a White House Executive Order mandating that “the heads…This story continues at The Next Web https://thenextweb.com/news/new-us-rules-on-sharing-healthcare-research-data-are-a-giant-leap-for-open-science