A unique identifier (UID) is a numeric or alphanumeric string that is associated with a single entity within a given system. UIDs make it possible to select that entity so that it can be accessed, ...

Your medical records probably bear different numbers — one for your primary care physician and his or her medical group, one for each hospital you’ve been treated in, different ones for different ...

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 ...