The Coalition for Healthcare eStandards (CHeS) was legally dissolved effective
June 30, 2008. CHeS' remaining assets, including the intellectual property
related to its many initiatives, has been transferred to the Health Industry
Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA), where a new CHeS has become a committee
within HIGPA.
For more information on the new CHeS committee at HIGPA, please contact:
Mike Copps
Operations Manager
HIGPA
2025 M Street, NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-3309
Main phone: 202-367-1162
Fax: 202-367-2162
ANN ARBOR, MI - June 24, 2008 – The Health Industry Group Purchasing Association (HIGPA), the preeminent
organization that advocates on behalf of healthcare group purchasing
organizations (GPOs), and the Coalition for Healthcare eStandards (CHeS), the
leading industry-wide standards advocacy organization, are combining their
efforts whereby a new CHeS will serve as a committee under HIGPA.
Effective July 1, 2008, the two organizations will enter a new agreement that
allows the work of CHeS to continue under the management structure of HIGPA.
CHeS will legally dissolve on June 30, 2008 and formally become a committee
under the auspices of HIGPA at that time.
Curtis Rooney, HIGPA President, said, “CHeS is a remarkable organization that has brought the industry together to
develop and promote the use of open data standards that make the healthcare
system more efficient and safer for patients. With its impressive standards
knowledge and proven track record, CHeS will make a strong addition to HIGPA’s ongoing work on behalf of GPOs.”
Joe Pleasant, Chair, CHeS Board, adds, “Becoming part of HIGPA is a natural next step in the progression of CHeS, and a
win-win for both organizations. The new CHeS will be more strongly positioned
to help the nation’s hospitals—via their GPO—to accelerate their efforts in implementing the standards needed to increase
efficiencies, reduce costs and improve patient safety. HIGPA will be able to
leverage and advance the progress made by CHeS by ensuring the GPOs have the
tools they need to drive standards implementation among their hospital members.”
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2008 PDU for HEALTH CARE SPRING WEBINAR PLAYBACKS
Health Care PDU Success Story: Australia
Original webcast: May 14, 2008
Australia is in the process of implementing a PDU in health care. Learn why
Australia needs product data synchronization; what a manufacturer needs to do
now to be compliant,; the process underway to implement GS1 Standards; and
lessons learned that could be useful in the U.S. health care industry.
Tracey McAlister, Customer Solutions Manager, BD (Becton, Dickinson & Company)
Ken Nobbs, National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), Australia
Marcel Sierra, Manager, Business Development & Professional Services, GS1 AU
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Retail Success Story: A case of GDSN leadership for the health care industry
Original webcast: April 17, 2008
Wegmans, one of the nation’s top grocery chains, is a major partner in the grocery industry supply chain
that is synchronizing purchasing data. Wegmans is using GS1’s Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN), the same network the global health
care industry is considering. This session will share highlight the successes,
challenges and lessons learned by the grocery industry as it adopted GS1
standards and began to synchronize data in the GDSN. A history of Wegmans’ involvement in supply chain standards and current data synchronization efforts
will be presented as well.
Marianne Timmons, VP Supply Chain and Global B-to-B, Wegmans Food Markets
Michael Gross, E-Commerce Manager, B2B, Wegmans Food Markets
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What is the Global Data Synchronization Network for Health Care?
Original webcast: March 27, 2008
GS1 GDSN is an automated, standards-based global environment that enables secure
and continuous data synchronization, allowing all trading partners to have
consistent item data in their systems at the same time. Participants will learn
how the system connects customers and suppliers, and why more than 14 countries
(including the U.S.) are considering GDSN as the global solution to data
synchronization in health care.
Peter J. Alvarez, Senior Director, GDSN Health care, GS1 GDSN, Inc.
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Defining a Health Care Product Data Utility (PDU)
Original webcast: March 20, 2008
This session provides an overview of the problems caused by lack of
synchronization, and highlights ongoing efforts to launch a Product Data
Utility in health care. The U.S. Department of Defense has released initial
results of an ongoing data synchronization pilot, where an existing product
data network known as the Global Data Synchronization Network® (GDSN®) is being tested. This session will focus on the initial pilot results which
show that GDSN demonstrates the potential to meet health care’s complex data synchronization needs.
Kathleen Garvin, Program Mgr. for Data Synchronization, DoD GDSN Pilot,
Dept. of Defense
Joe Pleasant, CIO, Premier, Inc., & Chair, Coalition for Healthcare eStandards (CHeS)
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