Restrictive blood transfusion practices are associated with improved patient outcomes

Can Blood Transfusion Be Not Only Ineffective, But Also Injurious?

(2014) Aryeh Shander et al.   ANNALS OF THORACIC SURGERY

Design and Use of Performance Measures to Decrease Low-Value Services and Achieve Cost-Conscious Care

(2013) David W. Baker   ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

Developing Quality Measures to Address Overuse

(2013) Jason S. Mathias et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Implementation of an Outpatient Electronic Health Record and Emergency Department Visits, Hospitalizations, and Office Visits Among Patients With Diabetes

(2013) Mary Reed et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Choosing wisely in adult hospital medicine: Five opportunities for improved healthcare value

(2013) John Bulger et al.   Journal of Hospital Medicine

Concepts of blood transfusion in adults

(2013) Lawrence T Goodnough et al.   LANCET

Alternatives to blood transfusion

(2013) Donat R Spahn et al.   LANCET

Computerized Bar Code–Based Blood Identification Systems and Near-Miss Transfusion Episodes and Transfusion Errors

(2013) Gregory A. Nuttall et al.   MAYO CLINIC PROCEEDINGS

Transfusion Strategies for Acute Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding

(2013) Càndid Villanueva et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Measuring and monitoring blood utilization

(2013) Michael F. Murphy et al.   TRANSFUSION

A novel method of data analysis for utilization of red blood cell transfusion

(2013) Steven M. Frank et al.   TRANSFUSION

Improved blood utilization using real-time clinical decision support

(2013) Lawrence T. Goodnough et al.   TRANSFUSION

A systematic review of the effect of red blood cell transfusion on mortality: evidence from large-scale observational studies published between 2006 and 2010

(2013) Sally Hopewell et al.   BMJ Open

Overuse of Health Care Services

(2013) Allison Lipitz-Snyderman et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Patient Blood Management

(2012) Lawrence Tim Goodnough et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Does anemia impact hospital readmissions after coronary artery bypass surgery?

(2012) Nadine Shehata et al.   TRANSFUSION

How do we monitor hospital transfusion practice using an end-to-end electronic transfusion management system?

(2012) Michael F. Murphy et al.   TRANSFUSION

Association between Intraoperative Blood Transfusion and Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery

(2011) Laurent G. Glance et al.   ANESTHESIOLOGY

Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion in High-Risk Patients after Hip Surgery

(2011) Jeffrey L. Carson et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Computerized Physician Order Entry With Decision Support Decreases Blood Transfusions in Children

(2011) E. S. Adams et al.   PEDIATRICS

How we closed the gap between red blood cell utilization and whole blood collections in our institution

(2011) Marisa B. Marques et al.   TRANSFUSION

How do I audit hospital blood product utilization?

(2011) Richard L. Haspel et al.   TRANSFUSION

How do I implement a hospital-based blood management program?

(2011) Mark H. Yazer et al.   TRANSFUSION

Frequency and Outcomes of Blood Products Transfusion Across Procedures and Clinical Conditions Warranting Inpatient Care: An Analysis of the 2004 Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database

(2010) John Morton et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL QUALITY

Blood Transfusion as a Quality Indicator in Cardiac Surgery

(2010) Aryeh S. Shander et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Transfusion Requirements After Cardiac Surgery

(2010) Ludhmila A. Hajjar et al.   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

The Influence of Context on Quality Improvement Success in Health Care: A Systematic Review of the Literature

(2010) HEATHER C. KAPLAN et al.   MILBANK QUARTERLY

Innovation in transfusion medicine and blood banking: documenting the record in 50 years of TRANSFUSION

(2010) Jeffrey McCullough   TRANSFUSION

Transfusion-associated infections: 50 years of relentless challenges and remarkable progress

(2010) Herbert A. Perkins et al.   TRANSFUSION

Activity-based costs of blood transfusions in surgical patients at four hospitals

(2009) Aryeh Shander et al.   TRANSFUSION

Duration of Red-Cell Storage and Complications after Cardiac Surgery

(2008) Colleen Gorman Koch et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Improving transfusion safety: implementation of a comprehensive computerized bar codebased tracking system for detecting and preventing errors

(2008) R.W. Askeland et al.   TRANSFUSION