In 2009, the Canadian healthcare sector, through the GS1 Canada Carenet Healthcare Sector Board, initiated a strategy to integrate medical/surgical product data into the Global Data Synchronization Network GDSN-interoperable ECCnet Registry, making ECCnet Registry Canada’s healthcare product registry. With the new category of medical/surgical product data available in fall 2011, ECCnet Registry will be the most comprehensive, perpetually updated and continually validated registry of healthcare product data of its kind in Canada. Medical/surgical product data will join existing categories already available in ECCnet Registry, such as grocery, pharmacy and foodservice data.

According to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada (ISMP Canada) and the Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI), data integrity is a key factor in driving patient safety. For this reason, leading healthcare representatives – from healthcare providers, to suppliers, distributors, GPOs, and others – have been working with GS1 Canada on the development of this single national registry for healthcare product data. Based on global GS1 standards, and built according to GS1 Canada’s proven model for driving data accuracy, ECCnet Registry will improve patient safety and drive cost savings across the Canadian healthcare system.

Action Plan

Resources

Name Size Filetype About ECCnet Registry 56 KB How It Will Work     Board Position Statement 37 KB FAQs 89 KB Supplier Implementation Guidelines for ECCnet Registry   Provider Implementation Guidelines for ECCnet Registry

Name Size Filetype Provider Fee Schedule (login required)     Supplier Fee Schedule (login required)     Supporters of GS1 Standards     Press Release:  May 2, 2011