The Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at Brookings hosted a small expert workshop to discuss legal issues in the development and implementation of FDA’s Sentinel Initiative for medical product safety surveillance.
The one-day workshop featured productive discussion and exchange of ideas with panelists representing government, academia, and the private sector on topics including:
- Protecting patient privacy in medical product safety surveillance;
- Appropriate human-subject protections for research use of Sentinel System data; and
- Addressing legal liability in medical product safety surveillance.
Agenda
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March 8
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Welcome, Introduction, and Meeting Objectives
Mark B. McClellan Former Brookings Expert, Director, Margolis Center for Health Policy - Duke University -
The Sentinel Initiative
Rachel Behrman Director, Office of Medical Policy, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research -
Panel 1: Scientific and Data Needs for Active Medical Product Surveillance in the Near and Longer Terms
Richard Platt Professor and Chair, Department of Population Medicine - Harvard Pilgrim Health Care InstitutePaul Stang Johnson & Johnson and the Observational Medical Outcomes PartnershipJudy Racoosin Sentinel Initiative Scientific Lead, Office of Medical Policy, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research -
Panel 2: Protecting Patient Privacy in Medical Product Safety Surveillance
Kristen B. Rosati Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLCDeven McGraw Director, Health Privacy ProjectJoy Pritts Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHSDonald O. Beers Office of Chief Counsel -
Panel 3: Appropriate Human-Subject Protections for Research Use of Sentinel System Data
Barbara Evans Health Law & Policy Institute and Center for Biotechnology & Law, University of HoustonJerry Menikoff Office for Human Research Protections, HHSKenneth W. Goodman University of Miami Bioethics ProgramLaura Youngblood National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and PreventionKate Cook Office of the Center Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration -
Panel 4: Addressing Legal Liability in Medical Product Safety Surveillance
Kristen B. Rosati Coppersmith Schermer & Brockelman PLCStanley B. Watson Kaiser Foundation Research InstituteHeidi Garwood HumanaDan Troy Senior Vice President and General Counsel -
Recap and Closing Remarks
Mark B. McClellan Former Brookings Expert, Director, Margolis Center for Health Policy - Duke University
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