http://www.carenet.ca/feed.xml Carenet Services Inc. (Carenet) is a neutral, not-for-profit association of over 400 Canadian healthcare providers (hospitals and long term care facilities), 100 healthcare product suppliers, group purchasing organizations and solution providers advancing and facilitating the use of standards-based electronic commerce and supply chain best practices. Subscribe to the newsletter feed with articles that pertain to the healthcare industry. en-us Wed, 9 June 2010 10:40:00 -0400 Wed, 9 June 2009 10:40:00 -0400 http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=13 The June 2010 issue of the Carenet Newsletter now available. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=12 The March 2010 issue of the Carenet Newsletter now available. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=11 The November issue of the Carenet Newsletter now available. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article10 At the end of July, Carenet will launch the new healthcare-specific supply chain standards education module Integrating Global Standards in Healthcare. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article9 The Carenet Healthcare Sector Board provides strategic leadership to ensure the goals and objectives of Carenet are realized in order to continue the advancement of supply chain safety and efficiency initiatives within the Canadian healthcare sector http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article8 Upcoming online survey aims to gain insight into the current and future state of Canadian healthcare http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article7 In Canada, several million doses of vaccines are administered every year and are currently manually recorded in patients’ health records. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article6 GS1 Healthcare announced their newly elected leadership team to guide the sector into a new era of healthcare-wide implementation of standardized supply chain solutions. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article5 The 2009 GS1 Healthcare Conference, co-hosted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), took place in Washington, DC on June 16-18, drawing 250 delegates from around the world http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article4 GS1 Canada and GHX have agreed to form a strategic alliance to create a global standards-based product registry of healthcare products for the Canadian healthcare sector. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article3 To improve patient safety and supply chain efficiency, the Carenet Healthcare Sector Board voted to accept the standards implementation roadmap, aligning Canada with US industry-accepted sunrise dates adoption of GS1 standards. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article2 In May 2008, Carenet members voted in favour of aligning with GS1 Canada, allowing the two organizations to dedicate a collective focus on making Canada’s healthcare system safer and more efficient through the development and implementation of global supply chain standards. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=10#article1 During the first six months of 2009, following Carenet’s amalgamation with GS1 Canada, there have been significant developments in Canada’s healthcare supply chain http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=9#article10 The Canadian Healthcare Supply Chain Standards Project has solicited the assistance of the Innovative Research Group, Inc., a national public opinion research firm, to perform an environmental scan to gather baseline information regarding e-commerce in Canada’s healthcare sector. The results of the scan will reveal a better understanding of the current and future state of key issues within the supply chain. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=9#article9 The February 19, 2009 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show featured a segment on bar coding in hospitals and its impact on patient safety. The segment highlighted the story of actor Dennis Quaid’s infant twins, who almost died in 2007 as a result of an incorrect medication dosage given to them while in hospital. http://www.carenet.ca/news.php?newsitem=9#article8 Registration is now open for RFID Journal LIVE! Canada 2009, taking place on October 5-6, 2009 at the Toronto Congress Centre in Toronto, Ontario.