Table 1.
Three Strategies for Storing Donor Information in an Electronic Medical Record
| Strategy | Patient Record | Structure of the Data: Test Name, Value, and Subject | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Create a donor record and link it to the transplant recipient's record | Transplant patient | Name |
Value |
|
| Blood type | A | |||
| CMV | Positive | |||
| Donor | Name |
Value |
||
| Blood type | A | |||
| CMV |
Positive |
|||
| 2. Pre-coordinate donor information in the transplant recipient's record | Transplant patient | Name |
Value |
|
| Donor blood type | A | |||
| Donor CMV |
Positive |
|||
| 3. Post-coordinate donor information in the transplant recipient's record | Transplant patient | Subject |
Name |
Value |
| Donor | Blood type | A | ||
| Donor | CMV | Positive | ||
CMV = cytomegalovirus.