Towards “digital blood-banking”

This paper constitutes a status report of the attempts of our group during the last decade, to contribute to the design and the implementation of a universal Information System with integrated Web-Services, covering the most important Aspects of modern Transfusion Medicine, i.e. Medical-Managerial and Educational issues, Clinical and Laboratory Quality Assurance, Hemovigilance, Financial-Managerial topics, and finally, post Transfusion Continuity of Care.