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 ...

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 U.S. Senate has removed language prohibiting innovation around national patient identification from its most recent appropriations bill. Health industry stakeholders are applauding the move – and ...

Hospitals’ methods for gathering patient information remain largely imprecise, which can lead to costly, long-lasting ramifications on hospital finances downstream. Many hospitals largely rely on ...

Imprivata, a leading provider of access management solutions for healthcare and other mission-critical industries, today announced that Imprivata Patient Access is now a full offering available in ...

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 ...

Healthcare: try to name a sector in which the importance of process excellence is higher. You’ll struggle. Every decision, every action, every allocation of personnel or resources has a direct impact ...

Handling sensitive patient data is a critical responsibility for organizations involved in clinical trials. To meet regulatory requirements, many rely on SDTM mapping—a process that converts raw ...