Development and Implementation of a Transplantation Workflow Information System, Allowing Real Time Analysis of Work Flow and Work Load, and Immediate Reporting Capabilities

Abstract

collections of stem cells and autologous therapeutic cells rose by 23% to an all time high of 106 collections in one month. The average number of individual patients per week rose from 8.7 (standard deviation 2.4) to 11.2 (standard deviation 1.8). Nursing safety standards were not exceeded, and management involvement in resolving scheduling conflicts dropped from two requests per week to one in two months. Conclusion: By changing apheresis scheduling method to day one scheduling only, we were able to increase throughput without having to make any additional adjustments to resources. The clearer format resulted in increased staff satisfaction with the scheduling process. This change represented a paradigm shift from previous scheduling models, and has yielded a major improvement in use of resources. Additionally, it provides a dynamic tool to support evaluation of facility utilization to meet future demand.

The impact of health information technology on organ transplant care: A systematic review

“…Early HIT developments in transplantation date back to 1988 when researchers at the University of Pittsburgh described their effort to develop a center-oriented transplant information management system [20,21]. Since then, similar reports on the design or use of systems for different aspects of transplant care have populated the literature (see for example [15,[22][23][24][25][26]). These types of clinical systems have the potential to change the organization of care by redesigning care processes and improving efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of care [27].…”