Buffalo Grove, IL, February 28, 2014 – Healthcare-ID, Inc. announced today that it will sponsor an Industry Worakshop at the SCABB 2014 Annual Meeting & Exhibit Show to be held in Fort Worth, Texas.  On Sunday, March 30, 2014, from 2:15 PM to 3:15 PM, Mr. Bart Block, Director of MIS at Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center (located in Houston, TX), will present Implementation of the Abbreviated Donor History Questionnaire. Mr. Block will speak on the implementation of the Abbreviated Donor History Questionnaire at his center, including any obstacles and lessons learned, in addition to sharing feedback from the donors and blood center staff. 

“Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is one of our first customers to implement aDHQ using functionality provided in our Donor-ID application,” stated Bryan Sadorf, Executive VP and COO of Healthcare-ID.  “And we are thrilled to offer this opportunity for Bart to share the experience of implementing aDHQ with the greater blood bank community. Please make plans to attend the SCABB Annual Meeting” said Mr. Sadorf, “and do not miss the opportunity to hear Bart’s presentation.”

Donor-IDä  is used to collect over 7,500,000 units of blood annually at 18 blood centers across the United States:  Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center in Houston, TX; Memorial Blood Center in St Paul, MN; Mississippi Blood Services in Jackson, MS; Oklahoma Blood Institute in Oklahoma City, OK; Coffee Memorial Blood Center in Amarillo, TX; Blood Bank of Delmarva in Newark, DE; Stanford Blood Center in Palo Alto, CA; ITxM with Central Blood Bank in Pittsburgh, PA and LifeSource Blood Services in Chicago, IL; LifeStream in San Bernardino, California; Dak-Minn Blood Bank in partnership with Altru Health System in Grand Forks, ND; ARUP Blood Services in Salt Lake City, UT; Heartland Blood Centers in Aurora, IL; Blood Center of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, WI; Central California Blood Center in Fresno, CA; Miller-Keystone Blood Center in Bethlehem, PA, Mid-South Regional Blood Center (Lifeblood^®) in Memphis, TN and The American Red Cross, nationwide. 

(About Healthcare-ID) Incorporated in January 1995, Healthcare-ID develops and markets products to meet the Blood Center's need for automating the entry of accurate information at both fixed and mobile collection sites to eliminate the disposal of collected blood units based on donor eligibility and suitability, and significantly reduce the cost of blood collection.  Healthcare-ID, with its Donor-ID^TM product offers modules including Registration, Health History Screening, CASI, Internet CASI, Physical Exam, Daily QC, Phlebotomy, Shipping, Survey, and Donor Adverse Reaction (as developed with the AABB Biovigilance committee)  Donor-ID^TM interfaces to most major blood center data management systems. Visit www.healthcare-id.com for more information.

Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center, based in Houston, Texas, is the primary supplier of blood components to more than 170 hospitals and health care facilities in a 26-county Texas Gulf Coast region. Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization and is accredited, licensed and inspected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), AABB as well as local and state authorities. The Blood Center is a proud member of AABB, Blood Centers of America, South Central Association of Blood Banks, the Texas Medical Center and America's Blood Centers. Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center is an independent, non-profit blood center that is not affiliated with the American Red Cross.