GS1 New Zealand appoints Jenny Langton as Head of Healthcare

GS1 New Zealand is pleased to announce the appointment of Jenny Langton, Head of Healthcare. The Head of Healthcare role is a further step in our commitment to positively impact patient care, asset identification, and location identification in the Healthcare sector. The new role will focus on strengthening and building new and existing relationships across the sector and continue the development of the Health System Catalogue alongside Te Whatu Ora.

Opportunities for standardisation in healthcare

Using a common, standardised language across the health sector to identify assets and locations will lead to better patient outcomes and enhance decision making. Commenting on standardisation in Healthcare, Jenny says “When you know you’ve got the right person, the right equipment, the right medicines, then you’re automatically in a better place for getting a better outcome for that patient. That has powerful potential for reducing harm and gives people confidence in the services that they receive.”

Speaking about how data insights can support decision makers, Jenny says “The health system exists to help support people to have better healthier lives. To do that you need to have better information about the conditions people might experience, the people providing care, the locations of care, and the products you use, and data sits under all of those things. This role really resonates with my belief in the power of data to help us make good decisions and deliver better outcomes for people while using resources wisely.”