PhysioNet

PhysioNet#

Overview#

  • PhysioNet is a data sharing platform built and maintained at the Laboratory of Computational Physiology at MIT

  • Established as an outreach component of a research project in 1999

  • Rebuilt from scratch in 2019 following “FAIR principles”

  • >50,000 registered, active users

  • Supports access control for sensitive data via data use agreements and training

Access control#

  • Open data

  • Restricted:

    • Data Use Agreement

  • Credentialed:

    • Data Use Agreement

    • Training in human subject research

    • Identity check

  • Contributor-managed:

    • Data Use Agreement

    • Approval of the contributor

Enhanced discovery#

  • Structured metadata is distributed to search indexes

  • Project reuse can be tracked through unique identifiers or DOI’s

  • Strongly support data objects as research outputs in their own right

Integrated viewers#

  • Data such as waveforms can be viewed directly in the browser

Cloud integration#

  • Enables analysis without the need to download files

Diverse, active community#

  • Regular workshops, challenges, and datathons based around PhysioNet datasets

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