Using GS1 standards to create Kaohsiung Armed Forces General Hospital’s smart medical system
The implementation of auto-identification reduces the chances of human error and means that implanted medical devices can be traced to the patients that have received them.
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Like many other hospitals in Taiwan, KAFGH had a manual process for updating their medical device and material documents.
Their UDI project introduced three changes:
- The implementation of auto-identification for medical materials and devices.
- Improve cost and quantity control of inventory management for medical materials and devices.
- Introduce traceability of implanted medical devices to patients.
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