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GS1 Canada’s boards and working committees continue to work diligently to support Canada’s Healthcare and Pharmaceutical sectors. With their collaboration, we are excited to share the ongoing progress being made around the adoption of GS1 standards.

Canadian researcher quantifies ROI of supply chain traceability

Canadian researcher Dr. Anne Snowdon examined three health systems around the world leading the implementation of global standards in healthcare: Alberta Health Services in Canada, the National Health Service in the UK and Mercy in the US. Her findings show all three organizations experienced significant financial savings through increased supply chain transparency.

Some of Dr. Snowdon’s findings include:

• A savings of CAD$261.5 million savings over a four-year period for Alberta Health Services, a 700% return on investment.
• An estimated £1.5 billion in inventory savings alone, across six locations for the NHS.
• US$55 million saved through better resource management for Mercy, who have implemented global standards in two locations so far
• 93% of implantable devices within the UK’s NHS can now be accurately tracked to a patient (NHS)

This research shines a light on the urgent need for global standards implementation in Canada. GS1 Canada is leading an initiative to increase adoption of global standards throughout the Healthcare sector through its National Movement: Safer, More Efficient Care Starts With a Simple Scan.

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GS1 Canada responds to Health Canada’s proposal for cannabis regulations

In anticipation of the legalization of cannabis, GS1 Canada has recommended that Health Canada’s proposed approach to cannabis regulations support standards-based supply chain best practices in order to be met with the support of impacted sectors.

The proposed regulations address critical components to the identification, labelling and traceability of cannabis product.

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Plexxus chooses ECCnet Registry to enhance product information process within foodservice

Plexxus recently announced that it has selected GS1 Canada’s ECCnet Registry as their source for foodservice product information.

This decision enables Plexxus’ member hospitals to benefit from standardized, accurate foodservice data to support business processes such as product sourcing and contracting.

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You can make a difference – join GS1 Canada’s Healthcare Technical Standards Workgroup

Join your healthcare industry peers to actively engage in the standards development and maintenance process for clinical and business processes aligned to the medical device category.

Areas of focus:

• Required attributes for the medical device category, aligned by business processes
• Standardizing descriptions for healthcare medical devices
• Classification standards used within healthcare medical device/surgical sector in Canada
• eCommerce through Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) using GS1 global standards

To learn more or join the work group contact Nicole Golestani, Senior Manager Healthcare Implementation.

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