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Problem | Unnecessary RBC transfusions given to patients with a missing hemoglobin (Hb) or Hb ≥10 g/dL.

Outcome| Real-time clinical decision support, Shepard Health's FIXXER™, reduces unnecessary RBC transfusions & cost while improving patient care & key performance indicators.

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Citations

Carson, Jeffrey L, Paul A Carless, and Paul C Hebert. “Transfusion Thresholds and Other Strategies for Guiding Allogeneic Red Blood Cell Transfusion.” Ed. The Cochrane Collaboration and Jeffrey L Carson. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012
Goodnough LT, Shieh L, Hadhazy E, Cheng N, Khari P, Maggio P. “Improved blood utilization using real-time clinical decision support.” Transfusion 54(5):1358-65. Web, 10 Oct 2013
Shander, Aryeh et al. “Activity-Based Costs of Blood Transfusions in Surgical Patients at Four Hospitals.” Transfusion 50.4 (2010): 753–65. Web. 17 Sept. 2013