Every medical device has its own unique code, allowing manufacturers to keep track of their products once they enter the market. But while these codes are critical for recalling faulty devices or ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration submitted a proposed final rule on unique medical device identifiers to the Office of Management and Budget for review, Health Data Management has reported. The ...

The Food and Drug Administration has released its final rule requiring most medical devices distributed in the United States to include a unique device identifier, according to a report from Premier ...

A range of patient advocacy groups is urging the Office of Management and Budget to release a final Unique Device Identification (UDI) rule as soon as possible. In a letter to OMB Director Sylvia ...

Laser marking is an effective and safe solution for marking unique device identifiers directly onto medical devices. Tom Glass In 2013, FDA enacted a measure that requires most medical devices ...

The Food and Drug Administration, along with the National Institutes of Health’s National Library of Medicine, has unveiled a new site that will allow the public to search for data on certain medical ...

In an effort to bring clarity to the jargon-laden topic of unique device identification, the FDA released a straightforward, question-and-answer style guidance yesterday that tackles how to understand ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, took the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service to task on Tuesday for waffling on the policy to add unique device identifier information to Medicare claims ...

Connected medical devices and the Internet of Things have become major areas of both promise and concern for hospitals in recent years. They generate key clinical data – and can enable timely and life ...

Everyone has been talking about privacy for years, but now that the backlash is big enough for some lawsuits to be filed, a privacy-centric approach to device identity claims to replace media access ...

Device fingerprinting is a technique for identifying a computing device (e.g. desk top, laptop, tablet or smartphone) based on its unique configurations. Many people might own the same device but once ...