@article{6ae7ac75815e4115a3a2cc4f81e2ac1a,
title = "Data Science in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation: Opportunities and Challenges",
abstract = "The biomedical scientific community is in the midst of a significant expansion in how data are used to accomplish the important goals of reducing disability and improving health care. Data science is the academic discipline emerging from this expansion. Data science reflects a new approach to the acquisition, storage, analysis, and interpretation of scientific knowledge. The potential benefits of data science are transforming biomedical research and will lead physical medicine and rehabilitation in exciting new directions. Understanding this transformation will require modifying and expanding the education, training, and research infrastructure that support rehabilitation science and practice.",
keywords = "Big data, Data networks, Data science, Outcomes, Rehabilitation science",
author = "Ottenbacher, {Kenneth J.} and Graham, {James E.} and Fisher, {Steve R.}",
note = "Funding Information: The National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (NCMRR) is housed in the NICHD. Thus, rehabilitation and disability researchers funded through the NCMRR are encouraged to use the DASH repository introduced previously. The DASH repository enables NICHD-funded investigators to organize and store data from their research studies. These data can be used for secondary data analyses and related research activities by other investigators, if appropriate criteria are meet. 19 DASH currently includes approximately 90 archived datasets. To access the data and related information, users are required to register and to complete a data use agreement. Detailed information is available on the DASH Web site. 19 Obviously, 90 studies represents a small portion of the research funded by the NICHD. At this time, no timeline for mandatory participation of NICHD-funded investigators in DASH has been established. Different institutes within the NIH are developing various strategies and approaches to meet the data dissemination and sharing requirements issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. 22 Funding Information: Disclosure Statement: The authors were supported by grants K12 HD055929 and P2CHD065702 from the National Institutes of Health . Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 The Authors",
year = "2019",
month = may,
doi = "10.1016/j.pmr.2018.12.003",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "30",
pages = "459--471",
journal = "Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America",
issn = "1047-9651",
publisher = "W.B. Saunders Ltd",
number = "2",
}