Planning Board Proposes Postmarket Device Surveillance Timeline
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
A planning board created to develop a framework for a new U.S. medical device surveillance system has proposed a seven year plan on how to get the system up and running, which will include creating incentive systems for stakeholders as well as reducing the burden of recording and managing device data.
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