On July 31, 2020, the US House of Representatives voted to repeal a ban on the use of federal funding for the development of a universal patient identifier (UPI) for every individual in the United ...

The first core area involved improving the medical center's culture and systems for using unique patient identifiers and wristbands. In 2003, the medical center launched initiatives to identify ...

When a patient walks into a hospital, there’s no guarantee that patient’s medical records will be accessible to providers, or that the medical records are indeed the correct ones for that particular ...

Technology providers are optimistic that, after close to 20 years, they may be gaining ground on efforts to remove a ban on the use of federal funds to adopt a nationwide unique patient identifier.

As data increases, patients want more connectivity, which “heightens the need for a unique identifier,” she said. Systems are being forced into exchanging data and becoming interoperable, but often ...

On Tuesday, October 7, dozens of local healthcare providers gathered with the American Lung Association in South Carolina to discuss the latest advancements in lung cancer identification and treatment ...

A think tank that studies the intersection of data and public policy is asking Congress to adopt unique patient identifiers and improve data collection for the LGBT community. Those were two of the 10 ...

WASHINGTON -- With all the fuss about the many healthcare items included in the omnibus fiscal year 2023 spending bill passed by Congress in December, little notice was taken of one thing that didn't ...

Efforts to establish a national patient identifier hit another major snag as Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky, fights to prevent federal funding for a unique patient identifier. Paul, who is a physician, said in ...

ThrIVe Health is Hosting a Patient Education Seminar in Culver City, CA Living with Thyroid Eye Disease presents numerous ...