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GS1 adoption is vital as life sciences and healthcare companies focus on reducing operating costs, increasing efficiency and improving patient safety.
Software companies are rising to the challenge as the life sciences and healthcare industries focus on reducing operating costs and increasing efficiency in these tough times. Automating inventory management, labelling control and traceability are key areas in this quest. But it all has to start with consistent identification standards. This effort is being under pinned by widespread adoption of the GS1 standards within these industries. The news item below is yet another example of the backing that individual healthcare organisations are giving the GS1 standards.
ATLANTA (March 2, 2009) – The Georgia Society for Healthcare Materials Management (GSHMM), a Georgia Hospital Association (GHA) affiliated society, becomes the first state society or association to publicly announce its endorsement of GS1® supply chain standards. The motion was passed by the GSHMM Board on February 25. GSHMM’s announcement follows their conference in Savannah where all participants were provided a Healthcare Provider Tool Kit from GS1 Healthcare US™. The tool kit includes how-to guides to help improve patient safety and supply chain efficiency with GS1 standards.
Use of the standards will allow for definitive identification of medical products and devices, tracking them through the healthcare system and placing them within a standardized product database, enabling rapid communication about any potential issues… (view full press release)
