GS1 US has announced the appointment of Dr. Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce, executive director of University Hospitals, The Ohio State University (OSU) Wexner Medical Center to its Board of Governors.
Moffatt -Bruce will join other executives on the Board of Governors to help guide the GS1 US strategy to drive adoption, use and adherence to GS1 Standards across multiple industries to support innovation, improved supply chain efficiencies, e-commerce operations, regulatory requirements and the demands of today's empowered consumer, including more accurate and complete product information.
According to the release, Dr. Susan D. Moffatt-Bruce is a tenured professor in surgery, molecular virology immunology and medical genetics and biomedical informatics at The OSU Wexner Medical Center. Prior to being appointed the executive director of University Hospitals, she was the chief quality and patient safety officer, responsible for the implementation of safety checklists and crew resource management across a seven-hospital medical center.
By establishing standardized processes under Dr. Moffatt-Bruce's leadership, the medical center has significantly reduced the incidence of patient safety events. She is also the principal investigator of a program focused on the flow of data pertaining to clinical alarms, digital hotspotting and inpatient electronic patient portals for providers and patients. Dr. Moffatt-Bruce is also the chair of the GS1 Global Healthcare Clinical Advisory Board.
Jim Brennan, executive vice president, national retail sales, U.S. region, Coca-Cola North America and Dick Tracy, president, Dot Foods were also appointed to the Board of Governors.
"Each of these leaders has successfully led their own organizations by adapting to significant changes and disruption," said Bob Carpenter, president and CEO of GS1 US, in a statement. "They each understand the value of collaboration based on GS1 Standards as a core component of industry evolution and share our passion for leveraging standards to keep customers safe, gain efficiencies and maintain relevance in a data-dominant world."
