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Standards in action across Healthcare

Our goal is to work together with industry to support improvements to safety and quality in the Healthcare value chain through development and implementation of GS1 standards.

This bulletin highlights some of the initiatives within the local and global Healthcare community where GS1 standards have been implemented to improve Healthcare.

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Australian Digital Health Agency releases new National Digital Health Strategy

Following a thorough consultation process, the newly developed National Digital Health Strategy was released in early August 2017. The underlying message is that digital information can transform the quality and sustainability of health and care in Australia.

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Barcoding and scanning technologies to improve medication safety in hospitals

Studies indicate that the use of scanning technologies in hospital medication management processes can reduce errors, potential harm to patients and costs to the health system. This paper released by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare explores some of these opportunities.

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Data Quality Improvement program – update

Data Quality reports have now been live for three months and already there has been a significant improvement in the quality of data within the National Product Catalogue.

If you would like to ensure that you receive your company's reports, or need assistance in understanding the reports please contact the National Product Catalogue Customer Support team on:

NPCcustomersupport@gs1au.org or call 1300 227 263
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World Self Medication General Assembly

‘The Health Economic Value of Self Care’ is the overriding theme of the General Assembly. A formidable array of local and international speakers has been brought together for this year’s event to discuss where the industry is headed and how to leverage exciting growth opportunities in Australia and overseas.

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NEW – Global Reference Book released

Each year GS1 compiles case studies highlighting examples of implementations of GS1 standards that are enabling safer, more efficient healthcare worldwide. The new reference book features 20 outstanding case studies from around the world.

If you have ever wondered how standards go beyond compliance to deliver real benefits then we encourage you to read on.

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GS1 standards and blockchain – Recommendations for use of existing data standards

The excitement around blockchain has renewed industry interest about the business value of data sharing, transparency, visibility and trust. This new paper discussed how this new technology can leverage existing standards to support blockchain implementation.

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Healthcare Provider Advisory Council (HPAC) webinars

Each month GS1 hosts webinars featuring leaders from hospitals around the world talking about how they have implemented standards to enable safety, efficiency or other key improvements to how they deliver care to their patients.

The next will be on Wednesday 13 September 2017 featuring Tom Pereboom, Manager CSSD MC Groep; President Sterilization Association of The Netherlands; Chair Working group (Dutch) Ministry of Health for the ADC.

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Register now: GS1 Global Healthcare Conference – Chicago, 17 – 19 October 2017

Registrations are now open for the 32nd GS1 Global Healthcare Conference, being held in Chicago, USA from 17th to 19th October 2017. The conference program includes speakers from health regulators, health providers, clinicians, distributors and manufacturers from around the world as well as site visits to leading hospitals, world leading distributors and solution providers.

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Additional reading

Below are just some of the interesting articles, papers and updates that have been published over the past month. As our local industry continues to progress, some of the insights they provide are potentially useful in informing our decisions and projects.

DiCentral – 5 Common EDI challenges and how to overcome them

USDM Life Sciences – The evolving Global UDI landscape

Forbes Media - What You Need To Know About The Future Of Healthcare

Training and events

GS1 continues to provide training to its members across the implementation of standards and services.

· Identify, Capture & Use – Face to Face

· Introduction to Recall Health – Webinar

· Introduction to National Product Catalogue – Webinar

· Introduction to Smart Media for Healthcare - Webinar

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