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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 / bar code symbols on all healthcare products. Hospitals that barcode and implement its use rigorously have a less than 1% error rate." |
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John Roberts, Director, Healthcare
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U.S. Healthcare Industry Aligns to Improve Patient Safety and Supply Chain Efficiency
(Press release issued 09/09/2008) |
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Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition (HSCSC) Joins GS1 Healthcare US to Accelerate Adoption of Supply Chain Data Standards (Press release issued 05/21/2008) |
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Minnesota Pilot Report Phase 2 - Process Map for Healthcare Using Global Location Numbers (GLNs) and the GLN Registry for Healthcare® |
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Join GS1 Healthcare US – Be Part of the Solution and Help Shape the Future of the U.S. Healthcare Industry. Learn more… |
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DOD reports the GDSN has the potential to meet the data synchronization needs of the healthcare industry |
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DOD Reports Findings from Initial Healthcare Product Data Synchronization Pilot (press release issued 11/15/2007) |
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Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Coalition (HSCSC) endorses GLN and GTIN, recommends GDSN (Press release issued 10/22/07) |
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Review the GLN Registry Minnesota Pilot Lessons Learned |
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Healthcare Industry Works Together to Improve Patient Safety - GS1 Healthcare User Group (HUG) |
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FDA Selects GS1 System for all unit dose drugs and biologics |
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Global Healthcare User Group (HUG) chooses GS1 as sole system of standards in healthcare. (Issued August 22, 2006) |
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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) |
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| Other Information |
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GTIN Allocation Rules for Healthcare Sector (Issued October 3, 2007) |
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GS1 DataBar (RSS) & Composite Case Studies and Application Guidelines |
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At the Heart of Healthcare - Product Identification eBrochure |
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Improve procurement and supply chain efficiency with the UNSPSC® classification system |
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Frequently Asked Questions |