Half of hospitals now connected to GS1 Data Source Healthcare
Half of the Dutch hospitals are now connected to the GS1 data pool, GS1 Data Source Healthcare. Standards organization GS1 calls on the remaining hospitals to quickly seek connection.
That reports ICT & Health. Through the GS1 Data Source Healthcare, hospitals have insight into article data for medical products such as implants. The legal obligation for hospitals to register implants came into effect on 1 January 2019. Before 1 January 2020, all healthcare parties must comply with the active registration of implants. The new European MDR (medical devices regulation) legislation obliges manufacturers to code medical devices uniformly.
For a good and efficient registration of implants, the use of uniform coding is necessary. By using the GS1 data pool, healthcare institutions receive 'reliable and unambiguous' article data of medical products, according to GS1 Netherlands.
By registering implants, these medical products must be traceable down to individual patient level. FHI Medical Technology is involved in drawing up the implant register within the framework of the implant register. dates for a clear and uniform coding (UDI) of medical devices. The aim of this is to further increase patient safety.