title: Towards Realizing Benefits of Information Technology in Organ Transplant: A Review.
abstract: Organ transplantation comprises of many phases, processes, and activities and involves multiple stakeholders. Effective management of such a complex and costly medical domain requires an efficient, multifaceted solution. Although, Information Technology (IT) can basically play an important role here, it is not clear how IT potentials have been deployed so far. We systematically reviewed MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, The Cochrane and IEEE databases and identified 27 publications describing IT application in organ transplantation. Although the IT coverage spans over waiting list management, donor-recipient matching, and inpatient and outpatient medication and lab monitoring practices, the coverage is still patchy and whole process IT support is missing in practice.
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Urmia University.
authors.forename: Parviz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rashidi Khazaee
authors.affiliation: Department of HIT, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Habibollah
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pirnejad
authors.affiliation: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Urmia University.
authors.forename: Jamshid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bagherzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of HIT, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.
authors.forename: Zahra
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Niazkhani
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014850:Waiting Lists