5.4: IT
Transition Information technology from an enabler to a strategic tool for realizing the FDA's policy goals and objectives. Other Information:
Currently, the FDA views information technology (IT) resources as a means for the agency's medical review staff to accomplish
their day-to-day work. Information technologies help staff manage the volumes of information that the agency receives more
efficiently, by minimizing storage and administrative overhead, for example. In the future, the FDA is going to view IT as
a strategic tool that can be used by program staff to accomplish their policy goals and objectives with greater efficiency
and effectiveness. One key action item for the FDA is the development of an integrated IT process for determining and managing
Center-unique systems, FDA-wide systems, and HHS-wide systems. The FDA's blueprint calls for an IT capability that contributes
directly to mission-critical goals, such as faster review of new drugs and medical devices, more rapid targeting of suspect
imports, and quicker identification, analysis, and communication of medical errors and suspected problems with the use of
new medical technologies.
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