The Hirslanden Group, like all companies in the Swiss healthcare sector, is confronted with ever-increasing demands: cost pressures are rising, regulatory processes are intensive and there is a need to ensure end-to-end patient safety. Hospitals and their purchasing companies have to standardise and digitalise their processes. The smooth exchange of seamless, valid and up-to-date product master data between all levels of care in the Swiss healthcare industry forms the basis for this.  

The fact is that until now, medical facilities have often had to procure the required product data second-hand via wholesalers or from the manufacturers' websites and online shops. This approach was not only very time-consuming, but also prone to errors.

Switzerland approached the Hirslanden Group with firstbase healthcare. From then on, this new platform was to facilitate the smooth exchange of data in the healthcare sector. In fact, GS1 Switzerland succeeded in convincing not only the Hirslanden Group, but also the most important data senders and data recipients in the Swiss healthcare market of the benefits of firstbase healthcare.  

Within a very short time, the Hirslanden Group was able to start direct data exchange with its most important suppliers such as Roche Diagnostics (Schweiz) AG, Johnson&Johnson, Braun Medical AG and many more. Other healthcare companies are continuously joining the platform and expanding the portfolio of medical products, invitro diagnostics, medical consumables and medical technology.  

The Hirslanden Group now relies on standardised data exchange and firstbase healthcare provides the basis for the digitalisation of its purchasing, logistics and sales processes.  

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