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27 January 2021

NHS Wales commits to adoption of GS1 standards

NHS Wales has committed to the adoption of GS1 standards after signing a multi-year agreement, which will help to underpin
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24 April 2019

NHS Digital enters five-year partnership with GS1 UK

The partnership between the organisation and GS1 UK, will start with patient wristbands and extend to location management.
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A clinician looks at a mobile device on the ward
7 February 2018

Leeds credits ‘dramatic’ improvement in patient visibility to Scan4Safety

Barcode technology means patient location can now be tracked in near real-time at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, its associate
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Leeds Teaching Scan 4 Safety
11 September 2017

Leeds Teaching to pull data from barcodes straight into EPR

The largest of the Scan4Safety demonstrator sites is to link information from barcodes to its electronic patient record (EPR) and
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A Scan4Safety barcode
4 January 2017

NHS barcode project aimed at improving patient safety

The humble barcode has been ubiquitous in retail for decades. Now the NHS is trying to use the technology to
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29 April 2016

Healthcare IT news in brief

This week's industry round-up includes news of IT go-lives from NHS Wales, McKesson and TPP.
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27 January 2016

GS1 demonstrator sites announced

Six NHS hospital trusts have been named as demonstrator sites for the use of GS1 standards and will share Ā£12
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6 November 2015

Healthcare IT news in brief

This weekā€™s industry round-up includes the news that all trusts are now members of GS1 UK and some interesting wins
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29 November 2012

NHS adopts GS1 standards

Close to 100% of NHS organisations have adopted GS1 standards for coding supplies into the NHS.
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6 May 2011

Babywatch monitor system launched in UK

A baby identification system that uses mobile technology has been launched in the UK.
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