IRVING, Texas, Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On November 6, Novation submitted comments to the Food and Drug Administration regarding the implementation of a Unique Device Identification (UDI) system ...

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) ...

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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 ...

Today, it’s easier for public health officials to track down tainted spinach or contaminated dog food than it is to find a faulty medical device implanted in someone’s body, helping to keep them alive ...

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.

In today’s world – whether at work or at home – I’d be lost without the smartphone that helps me do so much more than just communicate. It knows where I am now and how to get where I want to be next.

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 ...

To the Editor: Boston Scientific wishes to respond to statements made by Gross and Crowley in their Perspective article (Oct. 25 issue) 1 about a shipment of products that was stolen in 2011. Our ...