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Announcing Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD and Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS as NESTcc Governing Committee Chair and Vice Chair

September 11, 2018/in News

NESTcc is pleased to announce the appointment of Michelle McMurry-Heath, MD, PhD (Johnson & Johnson, AdvaMed Representative) as Chair of the NESTcc Governing Committee with Adrian Hernandez, MD, MHS (Duke University School of Medicine) serving as Vice Chair. The official confirmation of these positions, each serving a non-renewable two-year term, follows a formal nomination and […]

Join NESTcc at the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) 5th Annual Public Forum

August 7, 2018/in News

MDIC’s 5th Annual Public Forum will feature two panels focusing on the National Evaluation System for health Technology Coordinating Center (NESTcc) on September 5, 2018. NESTcc Executive Director Rachael L. Fleurence, PhD, will moderate a General Session focused on advances in developing the Coordinating Center over the last year with key insights from Governing Committee […]

NESTcc Announces Call for Concepts for Second Round of Test-Cases and Opportunity to Submit Targeted Concepts for Patient-Generated Health Data

July 16, 2018/in News

The National Evaluation System for health Technology Coordinating Center (NESTcc) is soliciting input from medical device manufacturers on the development and testing of its Data Network through two new funding opportunities: a call for its second round of test-case concepts and an opportunity to submit targeted concepts that leverage patient-generated health data. Test-cases are being […]

MDIC CEO Pamela Goldberg Discusses NESTcc in Interview

July 3, 2018/in News

The Medical Device Innovation Consortium’s (MDIC’s) newly appointed President and CEO Pamela Goldberg sat down with Medtech Insight in May, describing the importance of Real-World Evidence (RWE) and what it means for medical device stakeholders. Ms. Goldberg pointed specifically to NESTcc’s test-case initiative, the first round of which are expected to launch in the coming […]

NESTcc Establishes Data Quality and Methods Subcommittees to Support Real-World Evidence Studies

June 6, 2018/in News

“Our Data Quality and Methods Subcommittees are comprised of national leaders in the areas of data quality and methods standards. Establishing these subcommittees is an essential step in ensuring confidence in the quality of medical device real-world data and real-world evidence generated by partnerships with NESTcc,” – Rachael L. Fleurence, PhD, Executive Director of NESTcc. […]