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Updated: Oct 15, 2025

A Precision Medicine Tool for Measurement and Monitoring of Hemoglobin S in Sickle Cell Disease Patients Receiving Transfusion Therapy
Transfusion Medicine Informatics: A Review of Current Practice and a Glimpse into the Future
Thomas Schneider1, Ronald Jackups1
1Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in Saint Louis, 660. S Euclid Avenue #8118, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Abstract:
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.
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