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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...
Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Healthcare
Improving general inventory control at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust recognised the need for better inventory management. It employed GS1 ...
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...
1WorldSync: Leveraging the GDSN to improve the healthcare supply chain
Healthcare
1WorldSync: Leveraging the GDSN to improve the healthcare supply chain
Complete and accurate master product data are essential for healthcare providers to deliver the best...
Mercy advises that collaboration is the best medicine
Healthcare
Mercy advises that collaboration is the best medicine
GS1 standards are providing the Mercy healthcare system with the needed foundation for automating it...
How positive patient identification can provide peace of mind for patients and their relatives
Healthcare
How positive patient identification can provide peace of mind for patients and their relat...
Staff working on the breast ward at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (Leeds) faced numerous, daily...
Using barcode scanning technology to reduce medication errors in dispensing
Healthcare
Using barcode scanning technology to reduce medication errors in dispensing
There are an estimated 37.8 million dispensing errors made in England each year, representing 15.9% ...
Fulfiling a vision of digital transformation with GS1 standards
Healthcare
Fulfiling a vision of digital transformation with GS1 standards
The Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) is a non-profit healthcare system ser...