Researchers now have the capability to delve deeply into databases, including electronic health records and various databases about patient care and treatment, "to understand about emerging safety signals, for example, and deepen our understanding about the actual real world use of products," said Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

FDA final rule exempts from premarket review certain software and hardware used with medical devices.

VA will expand its network visibility beyond computers to printers and other devices, while also encrypting more laptops.

Health care agencies across the United States are turning to electronic dashboards to show constituents exactly how their communities rank in health care performance.

What will it take to keep the federal government's community health data 'ecosystem' healthy?

What will it take to keep the federal government's community health data 'ecosystem' healthy?

Food and Drug Administration, Federal Communications Commission sign memo committing to oversight coordination on medical devices.

Food agency calls the site first step in setting up 'one-stop shopping' for reporting safety risks to multiple agencies.

Recent laptop theft shows difficulty of ensuring security of health information held by contractors, say IT execs.