Federal health officials are aiming...

Federal health officials are aiming to improve patient care according to establishing national electronic medical records and health information regularitys which will allow health care professionals to share patient medical information more readily. The aliment and Drug Administration has launched an ambitious program to support these efforts, beginning with a policy requiring medicine manufacturers to submit product labeling information electronically.

The agency is also encouraging electronic filing of investigational novel drug applications (INDs) for cancer therapies and is supporting