Sentinel Will Start Small, FDA Tells IoM; Are Expectations Too Big?
This article was originally published in RPM Report
Executive Summary
Agency plans to launch two "mini-Sentinel" pilots, one using private data sources and one tying together Medicare, VA and DoD data. More importantly, agency is focusing on using Sentinel for signal strengthening-that is, to test signals generated via existing means, not generate new ones. That position seems to have broad support from thought leaders in epidemiology, but may not match stakeholder expectations for Sentinel
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