Education

Keeping Members Informed

To stay informed, members receive relevant updates about healthcare industry developments and updates through an RSS Feed and the Carenet newsletters.

In addition, this website serves as a centralized knowledge centre and includes a password protected section, allowing members to

• Join the Carenet Community Working Groups
• Search contact information for member organizations
• Link to the GS1 Canada Healthcare Education Modules
• Download Implementation Guidelines and tool kits for the adoption of GS1 Standards

Annual user group meetings and regional meetings are held for members across Canada. Attend these meetings to stay informed and participate in this forum to discuss the current state of the healthcare sector, as well as the future direction of GS1 Canada's Carenet Strategy.

Online Education Modules

Dedicated to providing Canada's healthcare sector with the knowledge needed to successfully implement standards throughout the healthcare supply chain, GS1 Canada has developed three online webinars:

Integrating Global Standards into the Healthcare Supply Chain  helps you understand how to apply a set of common standards to consistently identify products, locations, assets and equipment throughout the healthcare supply chain.

Electronic Product Code^TM/Radio Frequency Identification (EPC/RFID) in Healthcare demonstrates how EPC/RFID technology has improved healthcare efficiency and enhanced patient safety by addressing such healthcare challenges as preventable medical errors, inventory control and asset tracking.

EDI in the Canadian Healthcare System discusses healthcare-specific standards that will help your organization efficiently transfer electronic business documents, including purchase orders, invoices, advance ship notices plus other EDI transactions. This module also demonstrates how a national product registry will provide Canadian healthcare stakeholders with a centralized source of truth for medical-surgical product information.

Modules are available members 24 hours a day, seven days a week through GS1 Canada, a valuable source of supply chain and business education that provides the practical information you need to effectively apply global supply chain standards specific to the healthcare environment.

For more information, contact Rob Bell, Director, Healthcare, GS1 Canada at rob.bell@gs1ca.org.