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47 J.L. Med. & Ethics 1 (2019)

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR


      EDITORIAL STAFF                  Tn this issue of the Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, we are
                                        proud to present the symposium Sharing Data in a Medical
                              F            Information Commons.' As guest-editors Robert Cook-Deegan,
 Aaron S. Kesseiheim, M.D., J.D.,      Mary A. Majumder, and Amy L. McGuire write in their introduc-
           MI.P.I.                     tion, sharing medical information and research in a forum open to
                                       everyone, with input not only from the funders but from research
                                       participants, community members, researchers, and others can lead
           ED)IT I)to positive outcomes and better research work. Specifically, the edi-
     EdwardJ. Htchinson                tors tell us that

                               SII IOWe believe that, collectively, the papers contained in this
        ASSI1- .STAT EDIspecial issue represent an impressive body of work covering
                                         many facets of the enterprise of building an MIC. Like the
                                         deliberants in the community advisory panels, we are both
                                         hopeful and concerned. We are convinced of the promise
 THE AMEFRICAN SOCIETY OF                of the MIC, its potential for broad use leading to benefits
 LAW, MEDICINE & ETHICS                  that improve health - improve lives - and are equitably
                                         distributed. We worry that this promise will be undercut by a
     EXECTIVEII DIR PIsuperficial versus deep commitment to participant-centricity
     Edwar~dJ.Htitchinson and trustworthiness, by failures to address obstacles and
                                         restructure incentives to support data sharing, and by laws and
                                         regulations that fall short of what is needed. We believe this
   CONFLRELNCE & MIEMBKSIP               work can be a catalyst for a wider conversation leading to a
           D)1I I)future that is more in line with our hopes.
     Katie KenneyN Johnisoni
                                       Because of the importance of the symposium's central message of
                Eidior                 openness, the guest-editors and their home institution, Baylor Col-
       Founding ,lege of Medicine, have seen to it that all of the articles in this collec-
                                       tion are open-access and available for anyone to read and download
                                       at journals.sagepub.com/home/lme. ASLME members can find ALL
                                       of JLME's published work open and available at aslme.org by using
                                       the member portal to the SAGE JLME page. Separately, ASLME
                                       remains committed to making some of the material we publish open-
                                       access and available to everyone by routinely promoting a selection of
     is ownlied and puihed by\         our most-read and most interesting articles and making them open-
     thie American Society ofLa,       access for a period of time on the SAGE-JLME website. Of course, the
     Medicine& Ethic, Inc(..           best way to make certain you see everything published in our journal
  Tiilhe views and opiin expressed     is to be a member of ASLME, where you will receive not only a paper
  and do not necessarily represent     copy of every issue of JLME and our sister publication, the Ameri-
  [the view or opinions ofthe publisher can Journal of Law & Medicine, but also complete digital access to
    or the Journull editorial stAff    all current and back issues. If you are not a member of ASLME, we
                                       do invite you to take a look at our brand-new website and all it has
                                       to offer. Finally, to all of our current members: thank you for taking
                                       this journey with us. We hope you find all of this as interesting and
                                       enlightening as we do as when we bring it to our readers.


                                                                                    Ted Hutchinson
                                                                                             Editor
                                                                                             JLME
MEDICAL INFORMATION COMMONS * SPRING 2019
The Journal ofLaw, Medicine & Ethics, 47 (2019): 1-2. C 2019 The Author(s)
DOI: 10.1177/1073110519840478

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