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The Patient Perspective: Upcoming US FDA Device Center Studies Put Device-Users In Front Seat

 
• By Shawn M. Schmitt

A patient's point of view is paramount as the Center for Devices and Radiological Health embarks on a plan to conduct patient-perspective studies to ascertain what device-users want and value when it comes to health care. But don't call it a "survey" – "this is real research," CDRH compliance chief Robin Newman says.

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Engaging with patients continues to be a top priority for US FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health as it tries to determine what device-users want and value when it comes to health care.

Robin Newman, director of the Office of Compliance within CDRH, says "the only way we're really going to know is by partnering with patients and asking them. As an agency...

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