Does an identity have to be unique? I think we’ll get little argument if we claim that, within a given context, an identity (that is, some distinguishable object) must have a unique identifier.

The NCSBN ID can be used in a central database to keep track of nurses and build the workforce, according to the NCSBN. Amid the nursing shortage, health systems are struggling to recruit and retain ...

The health IT world is stumping for a unique patient identifier for every U.S. citizen following signs from Congress that it's open to the idea. UPIs are distinct numbers, codes or data comparable to ...

The General Services Administration (GSA), an agency of the U.S. government designed to help manage and support the basic functioning of federal agencies, has announced that all companies and entities ...

Experts convened by HHS' Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology clashed over the role a national patient identifier could play in improving patient-matching among ...