Press releases
- Advancing Patient Safety Coalition sends letter to FDA regarding unique device identification rule (7/9/10)
- Broad-based patient safety coalition urges Congress to set deadline for unique device identification system (1/22/10)
- Representatives Doyle and Sessions urge FDA to release regulations on unique device identification (7/10/09)
- Premier and hospital members comment on FDA’s efforts to implement UDI (2/26/09)
- House Members call for unique medical device identification to improve safety (5/07)
- Advancing Patient Safety Coalition letter supporting UDI (11/09/06)
- Premier comments in response to FDA’s August 11, 2006 Request for Information (11/09/06)
- Letter from Premier urging FDA to implement mandatory UDI (11/09/06)
- Action Alert: Urge FDA to move forward with UDI (10/20/06)
- Premier expresses support for bar coding requirements (2/25/04)
- Premier comments positively on bar coding rule (6/11/03)
- Premier: Longtime champion of UPN bar code adoption - History of advocacy (3/13/03)
- Premier says FDA proposed rule on bar coding drugs, & products will improve safety (3/13/03)
- Norling message to CEO's of re: FDA introduction of UPN bar coding rule (3/13/03)
- FDA introduction of UPN bar coding rule, message from Joe Pleasant, Premier CIO (3/13/03)
- letter to HHS Secretary, Premier, & hospital groups applaud bar code rule. (01/24/02)
- Premier to require medication bar coding for group purchasing contracts (12/20/01)
- Administration to propose
requiring bar codes on hospital-administered drugs;
Premier to push for inclusion of devices, biologicals (12/04/01) - Premier VP testifies before Congress on health supplier implementation of UPN (7/23/01)