FDA seeks hospital input to modernize data collection about medical devices

The Food and Drug Administration will hold an all-day workshop on Dec. 5 to solicit input from hospitals and other medical providers on how to improve its data collection about adverse medical events related to medical devices. The agency also seeks input on the broader role of hospitals in helping to evaluate how well devices work in the clinical setting. Register by Nov. 28 to attend in person at the agency’s conference center in Rockville, MD. FDA also will accept written comments through Jan. 6. For details, see the Federal Register notice. The agency further detailed the need to modernize data collection about medical devices in a blog post today.