Author Archive for: smcnabb@mdic.org

Entries by Sean McNabb

NESTcc Seeks Contractor to Support Sustainability Planning

NESTcc recently announced a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking contractor support to develop sustainability planning for the Coordinating Center past its initial five-year investment granted through MDUFA funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Proposals should include a plan for developing and implementing one or both of the following scopes of work to […]

FDA Commissioner announces Medical Device Safety Action Plan supporting NEST

U.S. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D. released a public statement announcing the FDA’s Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health, published on April 17, 2018. The plan – which outlines support for the National Evaluation System for health Technology, including through support to the NEST Coordinating Center (NESTcc) – will focus on […]

Conversation with the NESTcc Governing Committee Member: Vance Moore

“I am constructively dissatisfied, meaning that I always ask, ‘what would it take to be a little bit better than where we are now?’ I am highly motivated by the greater good of healthcare and believe that we can truly obtain real world evidence that will help us make better decisions on all fronts.” Vance […]

NESTcc Launches a Call for Experts to its Data Quality and Methods Subcommittees

The National Evaluation System for health Technology Coordinating Center (NESTcc) is seeking experts to participate in its Data Quality and Methods subcommittees. If you are an expert in the medical device space or if you have participated in the PCORI Methodology Committee, PCORnet, MDEpiNet, Sentinel, the International Medical Device Regulators Forum (IMDRF), the Clinical Trials […]