Position Statements

The global Healthcare user group recommends investing in camera-based bar code scanners to address specific needs for automatic identification in Healthcare. View full position statement.

The global Healthcare user group advocates a global approach for automatic identification standards in Healthcare. View full position statement.

GS1 Healthcare stresses the importance for all Healthcare stakeholders to design healthcare databases accepting 14-digit product identifiers (GTIN – Global Trade Item Number) to safeguard the integrity of the GTIN numbering system with its different data structures (GTIN-8, -12; -13 or -14). View full position statement