March 06, 2017 Industry news
HFMA talk to GS1 UK and some of the six demonstrator sites about the progress made one year into the Scan4Safety programme
Healthcare Finance spoke to Glen Hodgson, Head of Healthcare at GS1 UK, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust to find out more about their progress so far.
It brings to clinicians a realisation of the cost of what they’re doing. Often you don’t need to do much more than point out the data”
David Berridge, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
I have one golden rule for other trusts – speak to the demonstrator sites and soak in as much information as you can.”
Andy McMinn, Chief Procurement Officer, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust
One year in, all six sites are making great progress in implementing GS1 standards to track every person, product and place in their Trust. Read the article to find out more about how they’re doing it.
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