Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan.
Center for Cancer Care Informatics Research, King Hussain Cancer Center (KHCC), Amman, Jordan.
PLoS One. 2024 Jun 5;19(6):e0303970. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0303970. eCollection 2024.
Blood banks are an important part of healthcare systems. They embrace critical processes that start with donor recruitment and blood collection, followed by blood processing to produce different types of blood components used in transfusions, blood storage, blood distribution, and transfusion. Blood components must be generated at high quality, preserved safely, and transfused in a timely manner. This can be achieved by operating interrelated processes within a complex network. There is no comprehensive blueprint of Blood Banking and Transfusion (BB&T) processes and their relationships; therefore, this study aims to develop and evaluate a BB&T process architecture using the Riva method.
This research adopts a design science research methodology process (DSRM) that aims to create artifacts for the purpose of serving humanity through six phases: identifying problems, identifying solutions and objectives, designing and developing artifacts, demonstrating and evaluating the artifacts, and communicating the work. The adapted DSRM process is used to build a process architecture in the BB&T unit to improve the quality and strategic planning of BB&T processes. Applying the adapted DSRM process generated four increments before the outcomes were communicated as a highly comprehensive BB&T process architecture (BB&TPA) blueprint for virtual organizations. Finally, the generated BB&TPA is tested and validated at a reference hospital.
A Riva-based process architecture diagram was successfully developed, acting as a reference model for virtual BB&T organizations. It is a novel output in the domain of BB&T and can also be considered as a reference model to evaluate the existing processes in BB&T real-world units. This assists domain experts in performing gap analysis in their BB&T units and paths for developing BB&T management information systems and can be incorporated in the inspection workflow of accreditation organizations.
血库是医疗保健系统的重要组成部分。它们包含从招募献血者和采集血液开始的关键过程，然后对血液进行处理，以生产用于输血的不同类型的血液成分，包括血液储存、血液配送和输血。血液成分必须以高质量生成、安全保存并及时输注。这可以通过在复杂网络中运行相互关联的过程来实现。目前还没有涵盖血库和输血（BB&T）流程及其关系的全面蓝图；因此，本研究旨在使用 Riva 方法开发和评估 BB&T 流程架构。
本研究采用设计科学研究方法论过程（DSRM），旨在通过六个阶段为人类创造人工制品：识别问题、确定解决方案和目标、设计和开发人工制品、展示和评估人工制品以及交流工作。所采用的适应 DSRM 过程用于在 BB&T 单元中构建流程架构，以提高 BB&T 流程的质量和战略规划。应用适应 DSRM 过程产生了四个增量，然后将结果作为虚拟组织的高度全面的 BB&T 流程架构（BB&TPA）蓝图进行交流。最后，在参考医院对生成的 BB&TPA 进行测试和验证。
成功开发了基于 Riva 的流程架构图，作为虚拟 BB&T 组织的参考模型。这是 BB&T 领域的一个新成果，也可以作为评估 BB&T 实际单位现有流程的参考模型。这有助于 BB&T 领域的专家在其单位中进行差距分析以及开发 BB&T 管理信息系统的路径，并可以纳入认可组织的检查工作流程中。
