A new bill before the House Energy and Commerce Committee would require HHS to develop recommendations on how national clinical data registries could be implemented in the U.S. and how they could improve patient care.
Introduced by Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas), the bill would give HHS a year to figure out the specifics, including new standards that would allow for bidirectional data exchange between providers' electronic health record systems and the registries, how the registries could be used to evaluate and improve care delivery methods, how the registries could be used to evaluate the safety of Food and Drug Administration-approved medical devices and drugs and how the data could be used in preventive care models.
The bill would require HHS to consult with medical specialty organizations in developing the recommendations.
The bill will be considered by the committee later this week.
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