Design of a Mobile Application for Transfusion Medicine
Albornoz, M.A.; Márquez, S.; Rubin, L.; Luna, D.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 245: 994-998
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 1879-8365 PMID: 29295250 Document Number: 693148
One of the most frequent error in transfusion medicine is the failure in verifying the patient's identity prior to transfusion. This paper describes the design and development of a Mobile Application (MA) for transfusion medicine. The app uses barcode and QR reading technology for the verification of the patient's identity and the administration of blood components when making a blood transfusion. Physicians, developers, technicians of transfusion medicine and a User Centered Design team participated in the design. The inclusion of end users was fundamental to get full representativeness of their workflow. The project was based on agile methodologies of project management and software development.