Electronic charting of transfusion medicine consults: implementation, challenges and opportunities

The Joint Commission lists improving staff communication (handoffs) as part of several National Safety Goals. In this study, we developed an electronic web‐based charting system for clinical pathology handoffs, which primarily consist of transfusion medicine calls, and evaluated the advantages over a paper‐based handwritten call log.

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