Appl Clin Inform 2017; 08(02): 603-611
DOI: 10.4338/ACI-2017-01-CR-0010
Case Report – Special Topic Interoperability and EHR
Schattauer GmbH

A FHIR Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) Interface for Platelet Transfusion Support

William J Gordon
1   Clinical Informatics and Innovation, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
3   Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
4   Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
,
Jane Baronas
2   Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
,
William J Lane
2   Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
4   Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Further Information

Publication History

14 January 2017

16 March 2017

Publication Date:
21 December 2017 (online)

Summary

Platelet transfusions are a cornerstone of therapy for patients who develop thrombocytopenia while undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation (HSCT). Many patients who develop Platelet Transfusion Refractoriness (PTR) require HLA-matched platelets. Identifying these patients early could lead to better utilization of platelets as well as increased platelet counts. We built a SMART on FHIR visualization tool to aid the oncology, blood bank, and blood donor center teams in identifying these patients by showing trends in thrombocytopenia along with a computer generated calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (cPRA) level. To do this, we required a FHIR interface to our HLA database. We describe our methods and outcome for constructing this FHIR interface, as well as the architecture and data flow of HLA data from its proprietary database to the SMART on FHIR environment and application database along with RESTful cPRA web service calculator. Future work will evaluate the clinical impact of this platelet visualization tool and overall success of our FHIR implementation.

Citation: Gordon WJ, Baronas J, Lane WJ. A FHIR human leukocyte antigen (HLA) interface for platelet transfusion Support. Appl Clin Inform 2017; 8: 603–611 https://doi.org/10.4338/ACI-2017-01-CR-0010

Protection of Human and Animal Subjects

The study was performed in compliance with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki on Ethical Principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects. As a Case Report of an internal information system, no Institutional Review Board approval was sought.