Sentinel Initiative
Sentinel Initiative is a set of efforts by U.S. Food and Drug Administration that tries to improve the ability to identify and evaluate safety of medicinal products.
It has several parts: Sentinel System, Postmarket Rapid Immunization Safety Monitoring system, and Blood Safety Continuous Active Surveillance Network.Sentinel System
The Sentinel System uses pre-existing electronic healthcare data. Part of the Sentinel System is a tool called Active Postmarket Risk Identification and Analysis system that was mandated in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007.
