Healthcare industry news
Standards in action across Healthcare
Our goal is to work together with industry to support improvements to safety and quality in Healthcare through the implementation of GS1 standards.
This newsletter highlights some of the initiatives within the local and global Healthcare community where GS1 standards have been implemented as part of improving Healthcare.
Healthcare User Group 2017 – Wrap up
Following a successful event with record attendees we are happy to be able to share presentations from our speakers with the broader Australian GS1 Healthcare community.
A special thank you to all of our speakers who gave up their time to share their knowledge and insights.
New webinar series for Healthcare
With increasing discussions around identification, barcoding of products and other core standards in the Australian Healthcare sector, we are launching new webinars to support your activities.
The first will focus on medical device identification and marking.
In case you missed it - 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.
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.
GS1 announce collaboration with IBM and Microsoft in Blockchain implementations across supply chains
GS1’s global standards for identification and structured data enable Blockchain network users to scale enterprise adoption, increasing data integrity ensure data stored or referenced by Blockchain networks is interoperable.
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.
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.
Training and events
GS1 continues to provide training to its members across the implementation of standards and services.
· Identify, Capture & Use – Face to face
Sydney - 11th October
Brisbane – 25th October
Melbourne – 22nd November
· EDI training: Complexity simplified – Face to face
Sydney – 5th October
Brisbane – 27th October
Melbourne – 1st November
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