HIT topics on FDA's guidance priority list

Several health IT issues are on the FDA's list of guidance priorities for 2015.

The agency broke its priorities out into three lists. The A list covers those guidance documents the agency intends to publish; the B list includes those the agency intends to publish if resources permit; and another list is of previously released guidance documents for which the agency is seeking "retrospective review."

The A list includes both final and draft guidance on medical device decision support software and unique device identifiers. The B list includes medical device interoperability and patient access to health data.

Access the guidance document list.

Beth Walsh,

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Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.

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