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Healthcare
EAN·UCC
applications in the healthcare industry are numerous and cover whole
value chains from the "final" customers, i.e. the hospitals, independent
laboratories, pharmacy/retail outlets, GPs (General Practitioners)
and the patient, to suppliers, wholesalers and distributors.
Listed
below are some of the value chains where EAN·UCC systems are implemented:
Blood and blood derivatives including plasma
Ophthalmic and eye care products
Medical
devices, implantable devices, implants, in-vitro diagnostic products
and paramedical supplies
- Pharmaceutical
products
- Medical
equipment
- Dental
products
- Gases
- Services
– laundry, financial, homecare etc.
- Payment
systems
Healthcare
Publications:
Status
of the Coding of Pharmaceutical Products, EAN International, 2000
Bar
Codes and EDI for Healthcare Providers, EAN International, 1997
EAN
Applications in the Healthcare Sector, EAN International, 1997
Improving
The Business Potential.
An Int’l Guide for Identifying and Bar-coding, EAN
International, 1997
Press
releases:
Healthcare
Projects in which EAN International Plays an Active Role
Bringing
Improvements in Healthcare Processes (BIHP)
European E-Commerce for
Hospital Procurement (ECHOP)
Bringing
Improvements in Healthcare Processes (BIHP)
Launched in 1998 by Deloitte & Touche
Brief
description:
The
BIHP project aims to produce:
a global Healthcare Supply Chain Model based on good practices
- an
illustration of the application of EAN·UCC standards in the above
processes
- communications
and training packages for hospitals and their suppliers
The
project scope covers:
the
efficient management of drugs and other medical supplies starting
from the automatic medical prescription all the way to the administration
of the drug to the right patient in order to deliver the most appropriate
treatment for a particular illness or disease (care package).
Objectives:
To
make the health care sector more cost-efficient and quality-oriented
through rationalisation, standardisation and automatisation
- To
show benefits of process re-engineering and the use of standards
based information technology tools (including bar codes and EDI)
- To
promote partnership in healthcare.
Contact
Persons:
Ms.
Veronique Lessens
Senior Consultant
Deloitte & Touche Management Solutions
Brussels Airport Business Park
Berkenlaan 1
B-1831 Diegem
Tel: 32.2.718.9851
Fax: 32.2.718.9683 |
Mr.
George Merguerian
Market Development Director
EAN International
Rue Royale 145
B-1000 Brussels
E-mail: gem@ean.be |
European
E-Commerce for Hospital Procurement
(ECHOP)
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Brief
description:
In
order to build Electronic Commerce standards and specifications
adapted to the healthcare sector, at a European level, the CEN
(European Standards Committee) launched in 1998 the ECHOP project.
The project examines standardisation needs to build up an electronic
commerce - EDIFACT-based - platform suited to the daily operations
of hospital buying departments (e.g. tender processing, products
database creation, suppliers catalogues consultation, order
processing, acknowledgement receipt procedures, invoicing, payments,
accountancy and stock up dating, etc). Moreover, it promotes
the incorporation of standard terminology in the EAN·UCC Standard
code System and XML/EDI protocols. The kinds of hospital procurements
considered are: general procurement, medical devices, pharmacy,
hotel and catering activities, etc, as well as both normal and
emergency cycles.
Objectives:
- Lower
hospital buying costs;
- Keep
supplier diversity, essential to maintain a healthy and competitive
market;
- Give
hospital buyers access to global markets for specific purchases;
- Be
better provided by local suppliers;
- Be
aware of new procurement opportunities;
- Link
easily hospital buyers among themselves;
- Be
easily aware of new products information.
Project
deliverables
A
proposal for an open and interoperable system platform, suitable
for hospital procurement departments;
- A
matrix showing operations, procurement categories and procurement
cycles that might be achieved immediately by a standardised
electronic commerce platform;
- Recommendations
on operations made by hospital procurement departments that
should be standardised;
- Recommendations
on new technological developments to meet standardisation
needs;
- Recommendations
on a realistic timescale to obtain operations standardisation
and technological developments; proposals to standards organisations
for technical work;
- Guidelines
for Pilot Site Project implementations, at national and European
level;
- Recommendations
to National and International Policy makers.
The
project aims to establish :
guidance
material to implement electronic commerce in hospital buying
departments;
- standards
in terms of operations and technology adapted to the use of
electronic commerce in the hospital procurement sector;
- technological
developments that should be made to meet new standards in
the operations made by hospital procurement departments.
Link:
CEN, http://www.cenorm.be/
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For more details and reservation please contact Technical Department, Eng. Ahmed A. Hassan,
email: ahmad_hassan@eanegypt.com
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