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National Children’s Hospital uses GS1 standards to improve efficiency in patient care

The inventory the National Children’s Hospital were working with was identified in a variety of ways and their data was not being used efficiently.
National Children’s Hospital uses GS1 standards to improve efficiency in patient care

It was also being looked after by medical personnel who did not have training in the management of logistics processes.

Working with GS1 Costa Rica, the National Children’s hospital implemented GS1 standards and better logistical practices to bring innovation to their way of managing medical supplies and to initiate the automation of processes.

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