Medical device and pharmaceutical regulations focus on patient safety

New rules emphasize safety in the supply chain


The Geisinger Health System of Danville, Pa., is transforming its supply chain into a care support services group by reorganizing and retraining staff to be more supportive of front-line care providers, according to an article on the Health Facilities Management website.

The Geisinger effort is one example of changes happening in hospitals around the country

More change is coming with the adoption of unique device identifiers (UDIs) for medical devices and associated technology to integrate medical device data into patient records and hospital data.

A new meaningful use rule by the Office of the National Coordinator on Health IT and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requires hospital electronic health record systems to include UDIs within the Common Clinical Data Sets.

Read the article.

 

 



February 2, 2016


Topic Area: Safety


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