Patient Identification

Christian Hay

Cambridge, October 3rd, 2010

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ABOUT GS1

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The role of GS1

GS1 is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the design and implementation of global standards to improve the efficiency and visibility of supply chains globally and across sectors

• 30 years of experience • Neutral platform for all supply chain stakeholders• Over a million companies doing business across 150

countries• Over 6 billion transactions a day

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GS1 System of Standards

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2005: Voluntary, Global Healthcare User Group

To lead the healthcare sector to the successful development and implementation of global standards by bringing together experts in healthcare to enhance

patient safety and supply chain efficiencies.

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2007-2010: Working together with other SDO

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PATIENTID, CAREGIVERID

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Title of the JIC work item

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AIDC

• Challenge is to define a labelling format which secures automatic identification data capture on a wristband in a single process involving product identification.

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Why would it be less efficient to capture patientID than check-out in a supermarket?

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ISBT 128 TS: 4.2.25

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GS1 GenSpecs v 10, § 3.9.9.

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ISBT 128 TS: 4.2.20

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Patient ID … you said Patient ID ?

What kind of « unique ID » is this?

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Data structure

Decentralised Identification Management @ GS1

Application Identifier

Global Company Prefix

Instance #

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Questions ?

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Contact

Christian HaySr Consultant Healthcare

Tel +41 (0) 21 825 32 19Mob +41 (0) 76 369 10 54

christian.hay@gs1.org