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Our mission is to lead the healthcare industry to the effective utilization and development of global standards with the primary focus on automatic identification to improve patient safety.

Our vision is to become the single source for regulatory agencies and trade organizations (manufacturer, wholesaler, hospital and pharmacy) to seek input and direction for global standards in the healthcare industry.

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06 Feb 2008: The 2nd International Patient Safety Congress will take place in Antalya (Turkey) from 25-29 March 2008. For more information, visit www.patientsafetycongress.net.

07 Dec 2007: The most recent Healthcare newsletter is now available. Click here to read the newsletter.

19 November 2007: Michigan State University School of Packaging has developed "The Case for Global Data Standards in the Healthcare Supply Chain" for the GS1 global Healthcare User Group.

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GS1 Healthcare Conference
17-19 June 2008
Toronto, Canada.