U.S. Food and Drug Administration Supports Principles of Open Sharing of Data

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Supports Principles of Open Sharing of Data

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Supports Principles of Open Sharing of Data

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, supports the principle of openly sharing data through efforts like the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s Open Data Pledge. Creating a healthcare system that embraces data liquidity will help empower patients to actively engage in the development and evaluation of medical devices, enable medical device surveillance to help identify and prevent adverse events from occurring, and enrich t...