The FDA is in the process of implementing the Unique Device Identification (UDI) System in a series of phases. Currently, all Class III and implantable, life-supporting and life-sustaining medical ...

CMS is supporting the incorporation of FDA's unique device identifiers in insurance claims forms, a boon to medical researchers who would receive a bounty of data about medical device safety and ...

The healthcare supply chain has seen its share of ups and downs this year. In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, product shortages were exacerbated by a lack of supply-chain visibility.

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A recent blog post in the reSOURCEs section of the HealthTrust public website discusses how the new UDI system will affect healthcare operations. In 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...

DELRAY BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Digital Angel Corporation ("Digital Angel" or the "Company") (OTC Markets: DIGA), a provider of implantable medical device identification and radiation dose ...

A week after federal legislators and hospitals pressed the Office of Management and Budget about the release of a final unique device identification rule, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...

FDA has announced it has proposed that most medical devices distributed in the United States carry a unique device identifier, according to a news release. The announcement comes in response to ...

Under the FDA's newly enacted UDI rule, devices must be shipped with a unique identification label. (Click to expand.)--Courtesy of the FDA Stakeholders including the Mayo Clinic, American Association ...

The agency's rule will require most Class III devices, such as automated external defibrillators, to have unique device identifiers on their label and packaging within a year. Sep 23, 2013 A Sept. 20 ...

On September 24, 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a Final Rule, which will, over the next several years, require many medical devices distributed in the U.S. to carry a unique ...