FDA Recommends HHS-Certified EHRs For Clinical Trials
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Clinical trial sponsors are free to use any electronic health record system that meets FDA standards to collect clinical trial data, but the agency recommends use of Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology-certified systems to better ensure that the EHR meets requirements for interoperability, reliability and confidentiality.
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