Most safety surveillance systems are passive: They rely on health care professionals and consumers to notice and report adverse events. Although these passive systems remain essential, they have certain limitations. For example, health care professionals and consumers might not recognize that the product is the cause of an adverse effect and not report it to FDA. Or, they might report a suspected adverse event that's not truly the cause of a problem the consumer experiences.
Now imagine if we could actively search more than 100 million health insurance records to uncover possible adverse events, rather than relying on doctors and patients to report them.
Read the entire blog at FDA Voice.
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