Free license gives access to 24,544 terms, including
genetic testing and device software
PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., July 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ —
ECRI Institute’s Universal Medical Device Nomenclature
System™, the most comprehensive medical device
taxonomy, announces the expansion of its database to include
thousands of new terms for medical devices, genetic tests and
medical device software.
The 2010 Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System (UMDNS)
now contains 24,544 terms covering the expanse of medical devices
and equipment used for modern healthcare delivery, including
information systems, software, in vitro diagnostics, molecular and
genetic tests, capital equipment, implantable devices, assistive
devices, and consumables.
In the past year alone, ECRI Institute, an independent
nonprofit that researches the best approaches to improving patient
care, has added more than 4,000 terms for genetic tests. By the end
of 2010, ECRI will release many additional terms for software used
with medical devices.
“In this era of health information exchange, standardizing data
is critical,” says Vivian H. Coates,
vice president, information services and health technology
assessment, ECRI Institute. “Our proprietary nomenclature
system fills this need for medical devices and related equipment
and consumables.”
ECRI Institute’s Universal Medical Device Nomenclature System is
licensed free of charge to regulatory agencies, hospitals a
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