Representatives Greg Murphy from North Carolina, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD from Iowa, and Tom O’Halleran from Arizona, have introduced the Better Interoperability for Devices (BID) Act. (H.R 9067).
The Act would require HHS to review the interoperability, safety, and effectiveness for medical devices. The Better Interoperability for Devices (BID) Act would require HHS to submit a report to Congress on the state of medical device interoperability and the implications for safety and effectiveness.
Specifically the report would include:
- A review of existing interoperability standards
- Recommendations to improve standards, including needed guidance, regulatory, or statutory changes
- A summary for recommendations submitted to HHS by stakeholders
According to Morgan Reed, Executive Director Connected Health Initiative, “Interoperability is critical to realizing the promise of digital health and to enable better, more cost effective, patient centered care.” He applauds this legislation as an important incremental step towards better data interoperability across the wide range of medical devices in use today and in the future.