Coalition launches guide for national patient ID

PARCA eNews – April 30, 2021 – Patient ID Now, a coalition of healthcare organizations including the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Inc. (HIMSS) published its strategy for developing a national patient identification system April 27, 2021.

The Framework for a National Strategy on Patient Identity: A proposed Blueprint to Improve Patient Identification and Matching is intended to guide the creation of a national system for patient identification to ensure patient matching and safety.

No more PACS according to new FDA classifications

Image – An Agent-Based Infrastructure for Secure
Medical Imaging System Integration
by Kamran Sartipi

PARCA eNews – April 20, 2021 – The FDA issued a final rule on its Medical Device Classification Regulations to conform with medical software provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act.

That act excluded certain software functions from the definitions of medical devices. In doing so, the FDA reviewed and changed its regulations for eight classifications of medical devices and in the process renamed PAC systems to Medical Image Management and Processing System or MIMPS.