Our national and global shared experience with COVID-19 crystallized the criticality of near real-time, real-world data (RWD) to generate insights and actionable information; and the imperative to drive towards a learning health system.

As part of our March 18 COVID-19 Diagnostics Evidence Accelerator Collaborative meeting, Dr. Timothy Stenzel, Director of FDA’s Office of In Vitro Diagnostics and Radiological Health detailed the impact of viral mutations on COVID-19 testing and answered key questions posed by meeting participants.