Collaboration
GS1 Healthcare collaborates with a number of associations and other organisations to promote and support the adoption and implementation of Healthcare standards.
Associations
CHeS
The Coalition for Healthcare eStandards, Inc., (CHeS) is a collaborative of organisations dedicated to promoting the adoption and use of open data standards in the US Healthcare industry. Through the work of task forces, CHeS makes recommendations to accelerate industry-wide adoption of comprehensive data standards and encourages other industry representatives to participate in e-commerce standards work groups. CHeS and GS1 US work closely together to achieve improvements in the efficiency of the Healthcare supply chain.
Visit the CheS website at www.chestandards.org
Eucomed
Eucomed is the voice of the medical technology industry in Europe. Eucomed represents directly and indirectly (need to explain what this means) 4,500 designers, manufacturers and suppliers of medical technology used in the diagnosis, prevention, treatment and amelioration of disease and disability. Small and medium size companies make up more than 80% of this sector. The European medical technology industry invests an average of 6,4% of sales in R&D and employs nearly 400.000 highly skilled workers. The mission of Eucomed is to improve patient and clinician access to modern, innovative and reliable medical technology.
GIRP
GIRP, the European Association of Pharmaceutical Full-line Wholesalers is the umbrella organisation of pharmaceutical full-line wholesalers in Europe. Founded in 1960, GIRP represents the national associations of over 600 pharmaceutical full-line wholesalers serving 31 European countries, including all major pan-European pharmaceutical wholesaling companies.
Visit the GIPR website at www.girp.org
HDMA
The Healthcare Distribution Management Association (HDMA) represents the nation’s primary, full-service Healthcare distributors. Each and every day, HDMA member companies safely and efficiently deliver nine million Healthcare products to more than 144,000 pharmacies, hospitals, nursing homes, physician offices, and clinics across the USA.
HDMA’s position on GS1 Standards
Visit the HMDA website at www.healthcaredistribution.org/
IHF
The International Hospital Federation (IHF) is an international, non-governmental organisation, supported by members from over 100 countries, including 74 ministries of health and national and regional hospital associations. As the worldwide umbrella body for hospitals and Healthcare organisations, it develops and maintains a spirit of cooperation and communication, with the primary goals of improving patient safety and promoting health in underserved communities.
JFMDA
The Japan Federation of Medical Devices Associations (JFMDA) consists of 20 associations (representing about 5000 companies) engaged in the development, production and distribution of medical and Healthcare devices, equipment, instruments and materials.
One of the main functions of the JFMDA is to investigate standards/regulations, promoting mutual recognition and other harmonisation activities.
Visit the JFMDA website at www.jfmda.gr.jp/e
NACDS
The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) represents the largest component of pharmacy practice--chain community pharmacy. Today, NACDS membership consists of nearly 200 chain community pharmacy companies, totalling 20,849 traditional chain drug stores, 9,818 supermarket pharmacies, and 6,777 mass merchant pharmacies. NACDS also has 80 members from 25 countries.
Visit the NACDS website at www.nacds.org/
Standards Organisations
HL7
Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven, Inc. is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organisation dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services. HL7’s more than 2,400 members represent approximately 500 corporate members, including 90% of the information systems vendors serving Healthcare.
ISBT / ICCBBA
ICCBBA is a not-for-profit information standards body committed to enhancing safety for patients through standardisation. ICCBBA was established in 1995 by the International Society for Blood Transfusion in order to manage ISBT 128, a new global information standard for blood transfusion. In 2000, the scope of the ISBT 128 standard was extended to include cellular therapy and tissue transplantation products.
ISBT 128 provides a globally unique donation identification number, internationally agreed product codes, and a range of data structures for encoding critical specialist information.
International Standards Organisation (ISO)
GS1 plays an active role in a number of ISO groups with ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC31 being the most important. ISO/IEC JTC1/SC31 is focused on Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC). The secretariat for ISO/IEC JTC1/SC31 is provided by GS1 US (through the American National Standard Institute) and many GS1 Member Organisations take part in this process at all levels.
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