Through GS1 Data Source (connected to GDSN), manufacturers and wholesalers easily share product information with their customers (healthcare providers), but also with databases such as the Dutch Implant Registry (LIR) or GUDID (US FDA).
International standard GDSN
GS1 Data Source is a certified data pool in the Netherlands, connected to the international Global Data Synchronisation Network (GDSN), the data exchange standard of GS1. Suppliers can load product information into a data pool within the GDSN network, while recipients can process the same product information in internal systems with an automatic connection. GDSN works with standardised data. All information is entered, stored and shared with customers in the same way.
Which data?
In healthcare the ECHO datamodel is used. It contains the product nformation required by each country and regulation, which data must be entered in which field, and which product data is mandatory.
Since 2023, the Uniform Dataset has also been included in the ECHO datamodel. An agreement has been made with suppliers, healthcare providers, industry associations, and professional associations that data on medical devices (including CE, DoC and IFU documents) will be shared via the GDSN.
Share data
As a supplier, you decide who you share data with. With a single click, you can provide all your customers worldwide with product data for various purposes:
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Saving time and costs.
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Comply with regulation.
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Launching new products to the market quickly and easily.
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Sharing data for optimal purchasing and logistic processes.
Data quality is of great importance
Suppliers of medical devices, hospitals - everyone - wants to be able to rely on product information. The challenge is to get and keep the product information in the GDSN data pool up to scratch. That's what the data quality program (GS1 Data Care) is all about.
Comply with legislation
Making customers happy with valuable information.
Sharing data for optimal logistic processes and cost savings.
Who is working with GS1 Data Source / GDSN?
In the Netherlands all hospitals, some clinics and many Dutch suppliers of medical devices are connected to GS1 Data Source. Foreign medical device suppliers use GDSN, so this product data can also be received via GS1 Data Source. Check here who they are, what sector they are active in and what their GLN is.
Sharing data internationally
Internationally, product data can be exchanged via GDSN with the following countries using one data model: The Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Spain, Austria, Sweden and Switzerland.
GDSN for regulation
GS1 Data Source is also used for various legislations and (quality) registries: Dutch Implant Registry (LIR), National Register Orthopaedic Implants (LROI), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Database, National Health Service (NHS) Database, Netherlands Heart Registration (NHR).
To ensure that product data from GDSN can be used to publish to Eudamed (the European database for the Medical Device Regulation (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic Regulation (IVDR)), an automatic connection is being considered. If you are interested, please contact healthcare@gs1.nl.
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