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by JamesBarney 3443 days ago
HIPAA compliance issues makes this an issue.

Also their trove of data is not a one shot. They might collect data a mountain of data on Leukemia but publish one study on Leukemia's correlation with high power lines. Publishing this paper wouldn't necessitate opening up all of their data from either a horizontal or vertical perspective.

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HIPPA makes perfect sense.

I see your point about using the data for other research. Hopefully reviewers of the paper, at least, get to look at the data.