AdvaMed Emphasizes Threshold Questions, Data Governance In Registry Principles
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The trade group released revised data registry principles aimed at ensuring adequate data governance and containing “threshold questions” one should consider before implementing a registry as opposed to another form of information gathering.
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