News & Information
GDSN PILOT WORKING GROUP
Inconsistent and inaccurate product information between hospitals, GPOs,
distributors and manufacturers is a significant problem in health care. Product
data that is not synchronized contributes to the inefficient exchange of
information in the supply chain, adding costs to an already burdened industry.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has created a working group comprised of industry representatives to keep
up-to-date on the latest industry efforts to tackle the problem. The group meets weekly to share and communicate learnings from the current GDSN pilot.
DoD is testing the concept of a product data utility (PDU) for the health care
supply chain, with the goals of reducing costs, improving business processes
and ultimately improving patient safety. In the first phase of the pilot, the DoD created and tested a “build your own” PDU within the DoD. Now in Phase 2, the DoD advances the effort by testing the Global Data Synchronization Network as a potential PDU for the entire health care industry. An industry PDU has the
potential to bring the same number of efficiencies to the health care supply
chain that data synchronization has brought to many other multi-billion dollar
industries, including the grocery and retail industries (learn more about the business benefits of GDSN and 1Sync).
This page serves as a resource for those interested in learning more about
industry activities that support the product identification initiative,
such as the PDU.
For more information about the GDSN Pilot:
For more information about the DoD PDU pilot, contact:
Ms. Kathleen Garvin
DoD Program Manager for Data Synchronization
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GDSN Pilot Participants
(as of February 2008)
1Sync
3M
Amerinet
Ascension Health
Atlantic Health
Baxter
Becton Dickinson
Boston Medical
Caduceus Systems
Cardinal Health
Cook Medical
DukeHealth
Gojo
GS1
KCI
Kettering Health Network
Kimberly-Clark
Lawson
Mayo Clinic
McKesson
Medline
Norton Healthcare
Ontuet
Owens & Minor
Premier
ProMedica Health System
Sage Products, Inc.
Sisters of Mercy Health System
St. Alexius PrimeCare
SutureExpress
University Health Care System
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GDSN Pilot Working Group
(as of February 2008)
1SYNC
3M
Abbott Laboratories
AHRMM
Alcon Laboratories
Amerinet
Amerinet Diagnostix
AmerisourceBergen
Ascension Health
ASW Global
Atlantic Health Care
Baptist
Baxter Healthcare
Becton Dickinson
Boston Medical Center
Broadlane
CA Dept. of Healthcare Svcs.
Caduceus Systems
Canon
Cardinal Health
CHeS
Cook Medical
DATAgility
Department of Defense
Department of Veterans Affairs
Duke Univ. Health System
Fast Track Technologies
FDA
Fisher HealthCare
GDIT
Geisinger Health
GHX
Greater New York Hospital
GS1
HCA/HealthTrust
Health Industry Distributors
Henry Schein
Hollister
Hospital Corp. of America
Integrated Business Systems
& Services (IBSS)
Kettering Health Network
Kimberly-Clark
Kinetic Concepts
Lansa
Lawson
Mayo Clinic
McKesson
Medtronic
Michigan State Univ. School
of Packaging
Michigan State University
MTS, Inc.
Norton Healthcare
Novation
Oles Communications
Ontuet
Owens & Minor
Premier
ProMedica
Sisters of Mercy Health
Sage Products
SAIC
Siemens Medical Solutions
St. Alexius Medical Center
Sterling Commerce
SutureExpress
Temple Univ. Health System
University Health Care System
University Hospital Complex
of Quebec
University of Kentucky
UPM Raflatac
Wavemark
Yankee Alliance
