TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards Realizing Benefits of Information Technology in Organ Transplant
T2 - A Review
AU - Rashidi Khazaee, Parviz
AU - Pirnejad, Habibollah
AU - Bagherzadeh, Jamshid
AU - Niazkhani, Zahra
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27350458
SN - 0926-9630
VL - 226
SP - 29
EP - 32
JO - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
JF - Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
ER -