“The Food and Drug Administration is in discussions with multiple stakeholders to create a universal unique medical device identifier to be stored in electronic health records and linked to patient outcomes to improve medical device surveillance, said FDA principal deputy commissioner Amy Abernethy, M.D.”
“Speaking at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s 3rd Interoperability Forum in Washington, D.C., Abernethy, who also serves as the FDA’s acting CIO, said the agency wants to advance interoperability and speed the development of new therapies and medical technologies.”
“The FDA also is looking to provide regulatory relief to technology companies, she said.”
“The FDA is in discussions with ONC as well as the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the National Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine on interoperability initiatives to improve the surveillance…” Read the full article here.
Source: Abernethy: FDA working with ONC on universal unique device identifier linked to EHR patient data – By Heather Landi, August 23, 2019. Fierce Healthcare.
