Healthcare Industry: National Product Catalogue
What is the National Product Catalogue (NPC)?
The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), in association with GS1 Australia, is rolling out the National Product Catalogue (NPC). Endorsed by all State, Territory and Federal Health Departments, the NPC is the 'single source’ of item master data for public health institutions seeking to purchase medicines, medical devices and other necessary healthcare items.
The National Product Catalogue is a single repository of product, pricing and healthcare data for all Health Industry Product Categories for the purpose of data synchronisation. These categories include pharmaceutical, medical devices (including orthopedics, implants, dental, imaging, etc), catering and food services, cleaning products, etc.
The NPC is hosted by GS1 Australia on GS1net™, its data synchronisation platform used in Australia by more than 1300 companies across a number of industry sectors including Grocery, Liquor, Hardware, Automotive, General Merchandise, and others.
This platform enables the secure sharing of item master information such as product identifiers and descriptions, units of measure, package contents, product classification, pricing and related healthcare information.
State, Territory and Federal Health Departments now require suppliers to populate the National Product Catalogue with item master data for the purposes of tenders and contracts and to ensure this information is maintained up to date.
Data synchronisation in Healthcare
Data synchronisation in the Healthcare sector will lead to a huge range of business benefits to suppliers and buying groups alike as well as better clinical service deliver and improved patient safety.
More information
For further information about the National Product Catalogue please contact GS1 Australia on 1300 366 033.
Downloads
National Product Catalogue - Call to Action
NPC industry brochure produced by GS1 Australia.
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[format: pdf - date: July 2006 - size: 660kb]
