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Healthcare
Reducing the global impact of environmentally harmful anaesthetic gases using a medical de...
95% of anaesthetic gases used in an operation are not metabolised by the patient so a significant pr...
Scanning the horizon: the evolution of Scan4Safety in the NHS
Healthcare
Scanning the horizon: the evolution of Scan4Safety in the NHS
Six acute NHS demonstrator sites were funded through the GS1 and PEPPOL implementation programme tha...
Successful implementation of electronic health record system for traceability of medical materials
Healthcare
Successful implementation of electronic health record system for traceability of medical m...
In Japan, GS1 barcodes have been used in the healthcare industry for decades, specifically by medica...
CareScan+: Enabling safer more efficient patient care while reducing costs
Healthcare
CareScan+: Enabling safer more efficient patient care while reducing costs
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust began its GS1 standards-adoption journey as one of si...
Leeds Teaching Hospitals takes huge savings in time and spends it on patient care
Healthcare
Leeds Teaching Hospitals takes huge savings in time and spends it on patient care
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) is one of the largest in England with more than 2,000 beds...
GS1 Digital Link helps deliver valuable e-leaflet information to healthcare providers and patients
Healthcare
GS1 Digital Link helps deliver valuable e-leaflet information to healthcare providers and ...
In November 2019, amendments were made by the Japanese government to the Pharmaceuticals and Medical...
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploy Zebra printers and GS1 standards for positive patient identification
Healthcare
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploy Zebra printers and GS1 standards for positive patient iden...
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) wanted to adopt barcode technology to use with its patient...
Interoperability and GS1 standards – a roadmap to success in pathology and medicines administration
Healthcare
Interoperability and GS1 standards – a roadmap to success in pathology and medicines admin...
Prior to 2017, pathology at Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was a systematic but manual...