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What are data standards, and why are they important in the healthcare supply chain industry?

Information and data are more easily accessible than ever before, and the wide range used in today's healthcare industry needs to be assessed and screened for its relevance. This also holds true for the healthcare supply chain.

A current issue in healthcare is that all information is not easily accessible, due to differing standards or formats. The Efficient Healthcare Consumer Response study (1996) states that $11 billion is wasted each year in the healthcare supply chain (estimates for that number have nearly doubled in the last ten years), largely due to the fact that data standards are either lacking entirely or they are not as widely used or well-developed as in other industries.

To help manage all of this information, standards groups have been formed to reduce healthcare costs by publishing standards and promoting their use throughout the entire healthcare supply chain.

AHRMM supports the use of GS1 standards to regulate operations between all trading partners in the healthcare supply chain. GS1 standards (GLN, GTIN, GDSN) are used by 90% of companies and organizations worldwide.

All healthcare providers are encouraged to read about the standards, access the case studies and pilot reports, and join GS1 Healthcare US by completing the GS1 Healthcare US membership application.

News Items:

The Official Comment of AHRMM to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration Regarding Unique Device Identification for Medical Devices Docket No. FDA-2011–N–0090 (November 2012)

GLN Roadmap: A Collaborative Industry Implementation Plan for U.S. Healthcare Developed by the GS1 Healthcare US Location Identification Workgroup (August 2012)

Best Practice Guide: Building a GLN Hierarchy
Developed by the GS1 Healthcare US Location Identification Workgroup (August 2012)

FDA Releases Proposed Rule on Unique Device System for Medical Devices

Business Process Map of GDSN Healthcare Attributes to Hospital Processes

2012 GTIN Sunrise Explained - Implementation Roadmap for U.S. Healthcare Supply Chain Members

Advancing Patient Safety Coalition's Letter to Sen. Merkley in Support of the Ensuring Safe Medical Devices for Patients Bill - March 2012

Association Letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - February 2012

Data Standards Adoption Survey Report (December 2011)

Perfect Order and Beyond: BD and Mercy/ROi Achieve Far-Reaching GS1 Standards Implementation

Determination of System Attributes for the Tracking and Tracing of Prescription Drugs - FDA Public Workshop Summary