Background

In February 2007, key thought leaders from various organizations convened a stakeholder meeting to discuss whether sufficient evidence existed to develop Blood Management Performance Measures (Phase I).  These stakeholders supported proceeding with this project, and suggested that priority areas in blood management be identified utilizing a multi-focused approach of three intersecting activities: blood conservation, appropriate transfusion and a patient-centered focus.

As of January 2008, Phase II of the Blood Management Performance Measures Project was initiated to identify, develop, and test a set of standardized measures to help assess blood management in the hospital setting.  Partial funding for the project is provided through an unrestricted educational grant from Bayer Healthcare LLC.  Additional funding is currently being sought to test the measures.   

The Call for Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) Nominations and the Call for Measures were posted from January 10, 2008 through February 2, 2008.  Submissions from 65 well-qualified candidates were received; however, the panel was limited to a maximum of twenty members.  The TAP members listed below will convene in April 2008.  There will be future opportunities to participate and provide valuable feedback throughout the project.

What’s New

The Call for Measures resulted in minimal submissions, so the deadline to submit measures has been extended until April 1, 2008.  Direct project inquires to Harriet Gammon, MSN, RN, CPHQ at hgammon@jointcommission.org.   

Technical Advisory Panel

David J. Ballard MD, MSPH, PhD, FACP, Co-Chair
Baylor Health Care System
Dallas, TX

Jonathan H. Waters, MD, Co-Chair
Magee Women’s Hospital
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Neil Bangs, MS, MT (ASCP) SBB
DPH-Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA

Richard J. Benjamin, MD, PhD, FRCPath, MS
American Red Cross, National Headquarters
Washington, DC

Laurence Bilfield, MD
Cleveland Clinic HS - Lutheran
Cleveland, OH

Victor A. Ferraris, MD, PhD
Division of Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery
University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center
Lexington, KY

John Freedman, MD, FPCPC
St. Michael’s Hospital
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jonathan C. Goldsmith, MD
U.S. Department of Health and Human Service
Food and Drug Administration
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Office of Blood Research and Review
Rockville, MD

Lawrence Tim Goodnough, MD
Stanford University Medical Center
Stanford, CA

Penny S. Gozia, MD, FACOG, MBA
St. Joseph’s Hospital,
Breese, IL

Jerry Holmberg, PhD., MT (ASCP) SBB
Department of Health and Human Services
Rockville, MD

Harvey G. Klein, MD
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD

Joseph E. Kiss, MD
The Institute for Transfusion Medicine
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Mark T. Lucas, MPS, RCS, CCP
Denver Cardiovascular Perfusionists
Denver, CO

Vijay K. Maker, MD, FACCS
Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital
Chicago, IL

John (Jeffrey) McCullough, MD
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

Aryeh Shander, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood, NJ

Bruce D. Spiess, MD, FAHA
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center
Richmond, Virginia

Jeffrey Wagner, BSN, RN
Virginia Mason, Medical Center
Seattle, WA

Rosalyn Yomtovian, MD
Department of Veterans Affairs, Louis Stokes Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cleveland, OH