The
Healthcare Supply Chain Association (HSCA) today announced the launch of the Total Visibility Project at its annual Expo in
Washington, DC.
The
new program, which HSCA’s Committee for Healthcare eStandards developed in
collaboration with GS1 and the Healthcare Industry Supply Chain Institute
(HISCI), is a data synchronization best practice for product information
that will improve the accuracy and accessibility of product information
available to the healthcare supply chain. As part of the program, suppliers may
publish a set of common, minimum product attributes to the Global Data
Synchronization Network (GDSN), which will then be immediately available to GPO
hospital and provider members.
“The Total
Visibility Project will help ensure that hospitals and healthcare providers
have timely access to reliable product information, and that the right product
gets to the right patient at the right time,” said HSCA President Curtis
Rooney.
To
provide hospitals access to accurate product data information, HSCA and its GPO
members engage in data synchronization through the Global Data Synchronization Network (GDSN).
The GDSN is an automated, standards-based global environment for the electronic
transfer of standardized product information between trading partners. The GDSN
helps enable secure, continuous data synchronization over time. The Total
Visibility Project will enable an initial one-time publication of product
data for all participating GPOs and their hospital and provider members.GDSN Certified Data Pools also play an important role partnering with
GPOs and suppliers in assuring data verification and continuous synchronization
of updates.
To read
more about the Total Visibility Project, read the HSCA press release here.