In this audioconference, three physicians will illustrate how they have leveraged the Epic electronic medical record platform to improve transfusion practice in their respective hospitals. The first speaker will describe how order sets were built to streamline and clarify the multiple orders needed for a transfusion event including the evaluation of transfusion reactions, how a summary report presents the laboratory data relevant to transfusion decision making, and how blood group antibodies can be reported across encounters as allergies. The second speaker will describe the creation of three databases which pull information from the electronic medical record and the laboratory information system and allows for semi-automated auditing and tracking of 100% of RBC transfusions, as well as platelet, plasma and cryoprecipitate use. The final speaker will demonstrate how use of best practice alerts provides real time decision support to assist ordering physicians in complying with evidence based hospital red cell transfusion guidelines.

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