CDRH Releases Collaborative Communities Toolkit for Addressing Healthcare Challenges and Invites Comments

CDRH Releases Collaborative Communities Toolkit for Addressing Healthcare Challenges and Invites Comments  

Today, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) released the Collaborative Communities Toolkit in follow-up to our 2018-2020 Strategic Priorities announced in January 2018.
		CDRH envisions that collaborative communities will be ongoing forums where public and private sector members proactively work together to achieve common objectives and outcomes, to solve shared challenges and to leverage collective opportunities in an environment of trust, respect, empathy and openness. Collaborative communities typically include diverse, relevant organizations and individuals impacted by the topic which may include but are not limited to the following: patients, care-partners, academicians, health care professionals, health care systems, payers, government agencies, international regulatory bodies, and industry.
		The FDA invites interested stakeholders to: Download the Collaborative Communities Toolkit The Collaborative Communities Toolkit is a collection of materials designed to help a community become established, to guide effective collaboration, and to foster rich communities that are adequately prepared to take on health care challenges. Continue reading. Submit Comments on the Toolkit You are invited to submit comments about the toolkit on Regulations.gov, Docket ID: FDA-2018-N-3519. The deadline for submitting comments is December 24, 2018. Continue reading.