Safer, more efficient care starts with a simple scan.
In today's rapidly changing landscape, the pressure is on healthcare providers to ensure high quality patient care while working within ever increasing time and financial constraints. GS1 barcodes and standards help to address the foundational difficulties healthcare providers face and help deliver greatly improved patient safety and cost-saving operational efficiencies.
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Benefits
Explore the many benefits of GS1 standards in healthcare to improve patient safety and realise cost efficiencies.- How can I ensure the traceability of products to patients?
- How can I reduce waste & increase accuracy of ordering processes?
- How can I improve inventory visibility and stock control?
- How can I achieve efficient, accurate and targeted recalls?
- How can I spend more time with my patients?
- How can I reduce medical errors?
Case Studies
Find specific examples of how other hospitals around the world are utilising GS1 standards to achieve safer, more efficient care.
- Improving traceability in the operating theater at Bernhoven Hospital, the Netherlands
- Increasing bedside scanning implementation at Charing Cross Hospital, UK
- Improving supply chain management at Dijon University Hospital, France
- Preventing medication administration error at Gelre Hospitals, the Netherlands
- Improving patient safety & quality of care at the National Centre for Hereditary Coagulation Disorders, St James’s Hospital, Ireland
- Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
- Improving Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) at Ramsay Health Care
- Ensuring surgical instrument traceability at Robert Ballanger Hospital, France