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Either the strategic drivers shaping the blood community’s environment are at an all time high of flux, or I am suffering from bilateral uveitis – perhaps it is both. Regardless,…

The acronym for America’s Blood Centers’ “core values,” IDEA, represents Innovation, Data Integration and Benchmarking, Education and Networking, and Advocacy. Although these values are not unique in themselves, they become…

A young man donated double red cells at our center about a week before running a marathon; not surprisingly, his performance was awful, and he was angry with us. We…

One year ago, an ABC member blood center applied for a variance from Food and Drug Administration labeling regulations requiring results on red blood cell (RBC) labels to be from…

Since we realigned and streamlined our core values, we came to the realization that not all values are   created equal. Some values depend on others to thrive and accomplish their…

When I wrote my first “Our Space” column several weeks ago, I shared a draft with my confidant and former   medical director, Dr. Louis Katz. His feedback was predictably direct:…

When I sat at my desk to write this, my first article for Our Space, I wondered where I should start. Unfortunately, the tragic events of the last couple of…

As with so many, my heart is broken over the explosions at the Boston Marathon. Although I cannot fathom the trauma suffered by the victims, families, and witnesses affected, the…

I was a bit surprised to open Streetlights and Shadows: Searching for the Keys to Adaptive Decision Making, a   book by Gary Klein, and find a well-thought-out discussion of a…

A recent survey found that Congress is less popular than root canals, traffic jams, and Brussels sprouts.   Between partisan wrangling, brinksmanship, and the challenge of coming to agreement, it’s no…