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		<title>GS1 Hong Kong Supply Chain Management Excellence Summit Update</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/gs1-hong-kong-supply-chain-management-excellence-summit-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>svigneault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Webnewswire is carrying the text of a speech delivered at the GS1 Hong Kong Supply Chain Management Excellence Summit 2009 by Rita Lau. She is Hong Kong&#8217;s Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development.  It&#8217;s a good speech, which you can see here. A remarkable aspect of this is that a Hong Kong government heavyweight &#8212; and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3672&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Management Board Acknowledges Emerging Importance of B2C Mobile Commerce</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/gs1-management-board-acknowledges-emerging-importance-of-b2c-mobile-commerce/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a headline from late last month on a GS1 press release: GS1 Management Board approves GS1 program to develop global standards for Mobile Commerce. I can&#8217;t imagine the board could possibly have come to a different conclusion, but nevertheless they are moving ahead in earnest.  
One major influencer in the decision said this: “GS1 has brought [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3658&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Webinar: How Can You Quickly Adopt Data Standards for Unique Device Identification?</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/webinar-how-can-you-quickly-adopt-data-standards-for-unique-device-identification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>svigneault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Loftware is pleased to announce, as an extension of our blog, a series of educational webinars to focus on the process of meeting unique device identification requirements and the adoption of GS1 data standards.
Our kick-off session will be held on December 1, 2009 and registration can be found here.
This first session will focus on the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3717&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VHA Asks FDA for Speedy UDI Decision; Inclusion of Only GS1 Standards as Single Mandatory Solution</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/vha-asks-fda-for-speedy-udi-decision-inclusion-of-only-gs1-standards-as-single-mandatory-solution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bar code]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This news comes from Healthcare Purchasing News:  VHA Inc. and 13 of its largest health system members have sent a letter to the U.S. Food &#38; Drug Administration requesting prompt issuance of Unique Device Identification (UDI) regulations, and that those regulations include  GS1 supply chain standards. At this link, you can see the full release direct [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3685&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Canada&#8217;s Basic Store Checkout Product Recall Safeguard Featured by the Country&#8217;s Largest Daily Newspaper &#8212; Will &#8220;High-Tech Healthcare&#8221; Ever Get This?</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/gs1-canadas-store-checkout-product-recall-safeguard-featured-by-the-countrys-largest-daily-newspaper-will-high-tech-healthcare-ever-get-there/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:58:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dana Flavelle, writing for the Toronto Star has brought mainstream media attention to GS1 Canada&#8217;s roll out of a solution that lets consumers learn of product recalls at the store checkout. The story carries the headline, &#8220;Product recalls soon to be listed at checkout.&#8221;  It is a consumer-learning story, but it has huge implications for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3634&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bedside Barcodes Help, But Nurses Mobilize to End Distractions, Too</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/bedside-barcodes-help-but-nurses-mobilize-to-end-distractions-too/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:31:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Joanne Mette, chief nursing officer at Kaiser Permanente in Hayward and Fremont [California] . . . nurses can be interrupted five to 10 times in the course of giving one medication.  Her story, and that of other San Francisco bay area hospitals  attempting to reduce medication errors is featured in this San Francisco [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3660&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Healthcare US Releases Two New Guidelines for Healthcare Providers and Suppliers</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/gs1-healthcare-us-releases-two-new-guidelines-for-healthcare-providers-and-suppliers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The GS1 Healthcare US Product Identification Workgroup has completed, and is releasing, two new guidelines for implementing GS1 standards in the hospital.   One is a Simplified Guideline for U.S. Healthcare Bar Code Scanner Acquisition Criteria, and the other is a Guideline about the Procedure for Responding to Troublesome Bar Codes. From this link, you can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3668&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging Markets to Encounter Perfect Storm Driven by Global Pharma Interests?</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/emerging-markets-to-encounter-perfect-storm-driven-by-global-pharma-interests/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, The Financial Express is running a front page story entitled &#8216;Generics Gateway ,&#8217;  by BV Mahalakshmi and Sudhir Chowdhary. While it is primarily interested in pumping up India&#8217;s emerging role in helping global pharmaceutical companies source new products, exploit new generics opportunities and secure lower-cost operations all in India, there is a much bigger story to be found [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3655&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Healthcare&#8217;s 16th Global Conference to be in São Paulo, Brazil in March</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/gs1-healthcares-16th-global-conference-to-be-in-sao-paulo-brazil-in-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 16th Global GS1 Healthcare Conference will be held March 16th to the 18th in São Paulo, Brazil. At this link you can learn much more about the three-day event, including the current list of chief topics to be discussed. These include:  
-Regulatory developments on automatic identification, traceability and electronic product catalogues
-Patient safety initiatives to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3590&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging Markets to Save Sanofi-Aventis from Urgent Merger Says CEO &#8211; Yet More EML Required!</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/emerging-markets-to-save-sanofi-aventis-from-urgent-merger-says-ceo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The French newspaper Le Monde  conducted an extensive interview with Sanofi-Aventis Chief Executive Chris Viehbacher about the drug company&#8217;s economic survival and whether or not a mega-merger is in order to achieve financial stability.  The whole interview isn&#8217;t yet available, but in this Dow Jones report  about an advance copy, six specific things  are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3565&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s Booming Emerging Medical Device Market and the GS1 Connection: GS1 Compliant EML</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/indias-booming-emerging-medical-device-market-and-the-gs1-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:53:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a summary of recent research showing the current and future expected growth of the medical device market in India. It features plenty of stats, all upward trending and at a good velocity, but it was this statement that interested me the most: The medical devices and equipments market is poised for phenomenal growth due [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3527&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Australia Initiative Aims to Unite Consumer Electronics Retailers and Suppliers over eCommence Standard</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/gs1-australia-initiative-aims-to-unite-consumer-electronics-retailers-and-suppliers-over-ecommence-standard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>svigneault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A newly formed organization called the Consumer Electronics Working Action Group (CEWAG), which is an initiative of GS1 Australia, is intended to help   consumer electronics retailers and suppliers identify how to advance the industry with supply chain standards and tools for eCommerce. Specifically, as you can see by this news item, they have a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3517&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Standards &amp; System Development Newsletter, 1st Edition, Now Available</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/gs1-standards-system-development-newsletter-1st-edition-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another informational resource for you from GS1: the first edition of their Standards &#38; System Development Newsletter.   Articles featured in this inaugural issue include:
Highlights of the GS1 Organisational Effectiveness Process
Global Public Policy Initiatives in the US and Europe
GS1 Certification Program
The Global Electronic Party Information Register
Training and Education Program
Updates on GS1 BarCodes, GS1 EPCglobal, GS1 GDSN, GS1 eCom and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3651&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Launches New &#8216;Safe Use Initiative&#8217; to Reduce Medication Errors</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/fda-launches-new-safe-use-initiative-to-reduce-medication-errors/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I go to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website almost every day to glimpse their recent news releases. That&#8217;s because sometimes their announcements don&#8217;t seem to get much pick up in the usual places. Yesterday they issued this news release. The headline is: FDA Unveils Safe Use Initiative that Targets Preventable Harm from Medication [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3644&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Expansion in Emerging Markets is One of Three Key Abbott Strategies &#8211; That Means More Emergent Markets Labeling and GS1 Compliance</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/expansion-in-emerging-markets-is-one-of-three-key-abbott-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a news release this morning, Abbott announced  it has completed its acquisition of a company called Evalve which makes devices for minimally invasive repair of mitral valves. On its face, this isn&#8217;t huge news but it is nevertheless a very interesting press release. Why? Because way at the end of the announcement it summarizes Abbott&#8217;s global [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3593&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Labeling Awareness Hits Top Executive Level Agenda</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/gs1-awareness-hits-top-executive-level-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know, when the subject of barcodes and product labels comes up in many executive suites, C-level executives have a tendency sometimes to tune out. They shouldn&#8217;t, of course, because a wrong barcode or an inability to produce labels can stop production and  cost zillions. But labels cost only a few pennies each and they come at the end [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3623&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>VA&#8217;s &#8216;Digital Overhaul&#8217; Offers Model of Benefits from Standardized ID-based Patient Services</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/vas-digital-overhaul-offers-model-of-benefits-from-standardized-id-based-patient-services/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want a glimpse into how the application of patient, medical record, and treatment applications, outcomes and costs can be improved everywhere and for all by a  set of national digital healthcare standards,   the Department of Veteran Affairs is an outstanding example of what can be achieved. As you may know, the VA serves 7.84 million [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3603&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Releases GPC Codes for Drugs and Medical Devices</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/gs1-releases-gpc-codes-for-drugs-and-medical-devices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At this site, GS1 Healthcare has made the following announcement: To support the immediate  implementation of the Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN) in healthcare and allow the proper registration of any healthcare product in GDSN, GS1 has released two GPC codes, one for drugs and another one for medical devices. 
At the link, GS1 Healthcare explains why [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3584&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Healthcare Launches YouTube Channel</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/gs1-healthcare-launches-you-tube-video-channel-and-linkedin-group/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:55:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Little</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the new GS1 Healthcare Channel on YouTube. So far there are only five videos, but note that to date the most watched features one of our favorite presentations by  Mark Neuenschwander. It&#8217;s been viewed 75 times. If you haven&#8217;t watched it and heard Mr. Neuenschwander&#8217;s perspectives about using barcodes at the point of care, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3587&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GS1 Healthcare Newsletter, 16th Edition, Now Available</title>
		<link>http://loftware.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/gs1-healthcare-newsletter-16th-edition-now-available/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sterling1</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve never taken a look at any of the GS1 Healthcare newsletter editions, you&#8217;re missing some great  information, packaged in a readable way.  I know that a lot of newsletters don&#8217;t really have any news in them, but this one does. And to that point, the 16th edition has been released. It includes the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=loftware.wordpress.com&blog=2013001&post=3579&subd=loftware&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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