Transfusion Medicine Informatics: A Review of Current Practice and a Glimpse into the Future. 2021

Thomas Schneider, and Ronald Jackups
Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, 660. S Euclid Avenue #8118, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.

Clinical informatics has been described as the "relentless pursuit of assisting people" by using data and information technology to improve health care. A core principle is that a person supported by information technology is superior to either a person or machine alone. Striving toward this harmonization, the transfusion medicine field has had a significant number of accomplishments. Clinical informatics interventions have helped achieve better quality, efficiency, and safety in nearly all aspects of transfusion medicine. This review summarizes these accomplishments and provides a preview of novel ideas that could transform transfusion medicine into a proactive, data-driven, and patient-centered discipline.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008490 Medical Informatics The field of information science concerned with the analysis and dissemination of medical data through the application of computers to various aspects of health care and medicine. Clinical Informatics,Medical Computer Science,Medical Information Science,Computer Science, Medical,Health Informatics,Health Information Technology,Informatics, Clinical,Informatics, Medical,Information Science, Medical,Health Information Technologies,Informatics, Health,Information Technology, Health,Medical Computer Sciences,Medical Information Sciences,Science, Medical Computer,Technology, Health Information
D005544 Forecasting The prediction or projection of the nature of future problems or existing conditions based upon the extrapolation or interpretation of existing scientific data or by the application of scientific methodology. Futurology,Projections and Predictions,Future,Predictions and Projections
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D064826 Transfusion Medicine The area of hematology that is concerned with the transfusion of blood and blood components, and in prevention and treatment of adverse effects from BLOOD TRANSFUSION errors. Medicine, Transfusion

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