Member Q&A with GS1 UK
We are delighted to welcome GS1 UK as our new Member! Have a look at our Q&A with their Senior Engagement Manager, Georgina Lawton, to find out about her views on information sharing in health and care and the role of standards.
Why do you think information standards are important – how do they help information for care flow?
Information standards are important to ensure that data is captured accurately and consistently across different healthcare records and different health and care organisations. This provides professionals with access to all the necessary information about the person, to inform their decision-making. People can also be assured that the right information can be captured and shared to ensure patient safety and improve their care.
How do you hope GS1 UK will benefit from membership of the PRSB?
We are really looking forward to working together on our shared goal of standardising data for the benefit of people using health and care services. The membership will enable us to work closer to this. We know that GS1 UK will benefit from knowledge from other members of PRSB and sharing our experiences too.
How can we jointly create more pull in the system to get standards used so people’s information is available when and where it is needed for care?
It is important that we work collaboratively with all healthcare organisations nationally, regionally and locally to support the adoption of standards. This can be driven by an agreed communication approach by all members across all engagement channels in healthcare.
We work with member organisations who represent more than 1,260,000 frontline clinicians and care professionals as well as patients and the public. Find out more about our membership: https://theprsb.org/aboutus/membership/.