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Optimising medicine management and reducing waste: a digitised approach for Danish healthcare.

The absence of a standardised tracking system in Central Denmark's hospitals had made it arduous for pharmacists to gain a comprehensive overview of medicine stock and identify packages approaching their expiration date.
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The absence of a standardised tracking system in Central Denmark's hospitals had made it arduous for pharmacists to gain a comprehensive overview of medicine stock and identify packages approaching their expiration dates.

The manual nature of inventory management further compounded the challenge, leading to time-consuming and error-prone processes. Additionally, the fragmentation between departments and hospitals hindered the efficient sharing of medical resources.

To address these challenges, a specialised smartphone application was developed. This application leverages GS1 standards and smartphone camera capabilities to scan barcodes.

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