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TY - JOUR
T1 - Health data stewardship
T2 - achieving trust through accountability in health data sharing for research
AU - Bartlett, Benjamin
AU - Ainsworth, John
AU - Cunningham, James
AU - Davidge, Gail
AU - Harding, Mike
AU - Holm, Søren
AU - Neumann, Victoria
AU - Devaney, Sarah
PY - 2024/11/30
Y1 - 2024/11/30
N2 - Attempts in the UK to regulate the sharing and use of health data for secondary purposes such as research have been dogged by controversy and failure. This article considers health data stewardship as a response to these challenges. It develops a normative understanding of the concept through an examination of stewardship in a variety of contexts. This leads to a definition of health data stewardship which encapsulates the necessary constituent elements that focus group participants viewed as crucial to an accountable health data sharing scheme in which they could place their trust. It examines two potential mechanisms for facilitating health data stewardship, the data trust and the data cooperative, arguing that whichever regulatory mechanism is adopted must incorporate mechanisms responsive to citizens’ requirements for accountable stewardship of their data. Without this, their wishes, and societal aims of improving health through research using comprehensive data sets may be unachievable.
AB - Attempts in the UK to regulate the sharing and use of health data for secondary purposes such as research have been dogged by controversy and failure. This article considers health data stewardship as a response to these challenges. It develops a normative understanding of the concept through an examination of stewardship in a variety of contexts. This leads to a definition of health data stewardship which encapsulates the necessary constituent elements that focus group participants viewed as crucial to an accountable health data sharing scheme in which they could place their trust. It examines two potential mechanisms for facilitating health data stewardship, the data trust and the data cooperative, arguing that whichever regulatory mechanism is adopted must incorporate mechanisms responsive to citizens’ requirements for accountable stewardship of their data. Without this, their wishes, and societal aims of improving health through research using comprehensive data sets may be unachievable.
U2 - 10.1080/17579961.2024.2392937
DO - 10.1080/17579961.2024.2392937
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
SP - 517
EP - 557
JO - Law, Innovation and Technology
JF - Law, Innovation and Technology
SN - 1757-9961
IS - 2
ER -