Mobile computing platform with decision support modules for hemotherapy.
OBJECTIVE
We describe the development of a mobile computing platform (MCP) with a decision support module (DSM) for patients in our coagulation-based hemotherapy service.


METHODS
The core of our MCP consists of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet template used to gather and compute data on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) patients intraoperatively. The DSM is embedded into the Excel file, where the user would enter in laboratory results, and through our 45 embedded algorithms, recommendations for transfusion products would be displayed in the Excel file.


RESULTS
The DSM has helped decrease the time it takes to come to a transfusion recommendation, helps double-check recommendations, and is an excellent tool for teaching. Furthermore, the problems that occur with a paper system have been eliminated, and we are now able to access this information easily and reliably.


CONCLUSIONS
The development and implementation of our MCP system has greatly increased the productivity and efficiency of our hemotherapy service.
From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Richard S P
RS
Huang
From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Elena
E
Nedelcu
From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Yu
Y
Bai
From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Amer
A
Wahed
From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Kimberly
K
Klein
Center for Advanced Heart Failure, and.
Igor
I
Gregoric
Center for Advanced Heart Failure, and.
Manish
M
Patel
Center for Advanced Heart Failure, and.
Biswajit
B
Kar
Center for Advanced Heart Failure, and.
Pranav
P
Loyalka
Center for Advanced Heart Failure, and.
Sriram
S
Nathan
Cardiovascular Anesthesia, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston; and.
Paul
P
Loubser
Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston.
Phillip A
PA
Weeks
Center for Advanced Heart Failure, and.
Rajko
R
Radovancevic
From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Nghia.D.Nguyen.1@uth.tmc.edu.
Andy N D
AN
Nguyen
D000465:Algorithms; D001778:Blood Coagulation Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000592:standards*; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D004526:Efficiency; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D059035:Perioperative Period; D014584:User-Computer Interface
Algorithms; Coagulation; Decision support modules; Hemotherapy; Mobile computing platform