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"Two medical studies have reported that medication errors were at 10% in US hospitals. Three of the largest classes of these errors were labeled as wrong medication, wrong dosage and wrong patient. A reliable, quick, and proven method to remove these errors is the application of current product identification / barcode symbols on all healthcare products. Hospitals that barcode and implement its use rigorously have a less than 1% error rate."
 
John Roberts, Director, Healthcare
 
News
 
Traceability Plan for the Produce Industry Recommends GS1 Standards
(Press release issued 10/07/2008)

U.S. Healthcare Industry Aligns to Improve Patient Safety and Supply Chain Efficiency
(Press release issued 07/09/2008)

Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition (HSCSC) Joins GS1 Healthcare US to Accelerate Adoption of Supply Chain Data Standards (Press release issued 05/21/2008)

Minnesota Pilot Report Phase 2 - Process Map for Healthcare Using Global Location Numbers (GLNs) and the GLN Registry for Healthcare®

Join GS1 Healthcare US – Be Part of the Solution and Help Shape the Future of the U.S. Healthcare Industry. Learn more…

DOD reports the GDSN has the potential to meet the data synchronization needs of the healthcare industry

DOD Reports Findings from Initial Healthcare Product Data Synchronization Pilot (press release issued 11/15/2007)

Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition (HSCSC) endorses GLN and GTIN, recommends GDSN (Press release issued 10/22/07)

Review the GLN Registry Minnesota Pilot Lessons Learned

Healthcare Industry Works Together to Improve Patient Safety - GS1 Healthcare User Group (HUG)

FDA Selects GS1 System for all unit dose drugs and biologics

Global Healthcare User Group (HUG) chooses GS1 as sole system of standards in healthcare. (Issued August 22, 2006)

ICCBBA and GS1 Healthcare have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in the area of automatic identification standards for Healthcare. (Issued 9/4/07)
 
Other Information
 

GTIN Allocation Rules for Healthcare Sector (Issued October 3, 2007)

GS1 DataBar (RSS) & Composite Case Studies and Application Guidelines

At the Heart of Healthcare - Product Identification eBrochure

Improve procurement and supply chain efficiency with the UNSPSC® classification system

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