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 government has launched an eight-week consultation on its digital ID scheme, aiming to seek views on how its digital identity system will be shaped.

Misidentifying patients can have tragic consequences. Numerous catastrophic cases and near misses have been collected by Patient ID Now, a coalition of health care organizations we are affiliated with ...

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 ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The administration pushed the deadline for adopting a new identifier for non-governmental organizations receiving funds from the ...

I'm working on a school project which involves message passing between various software entities (nodes in an adhoc wireless network). Each is issued a UUID to uniquely identify itself within this ...