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Evidence was synthesised thematically.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Published studies demonstrate technical feasibility across forecasting, donor\u2010return prediction, inventory management and clinical decision support. Major implementation barriers include limited external and prospective validation, incomplete reporting, data\u2010access and privacy constraints, poor interoperability, limited explainability, workforce training gaps and unclear governance.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The principal challenge is no longer developing predictive models but integrating them safely and sustainably into routine transfusion services. Future progress requires multicentre evaluation, privacy\u2010preserving data collaboration, workflow\u2010integrated design, role\u2010specific training and explicit governance with continued human oversight.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/tme.70108","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]],"date-time":"2026-08-04T10:40:41Z","timestamp":1785840041000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["From prediction to practice: Barriers to implementing artificial intelligence in blood inventory management and transfusion support"],"prefix":"10.1111","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2236-0018","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulina","family":"Kasperska\u2010D\u0119bowska","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"WSG University in Bydgoszcz  Bydgoszcz Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kornelia","family":"K\u0119dziora\u2010Kornatowska","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144  Bydgoszcz Poland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_18_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm14238479"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.4103\/gjtm.gjtm_32_24"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/vox.70236"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/tme.13071"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_6_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/vox.13793"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_7_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.16739"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.tmrv.2023.150768"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3390\/info14010031"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_10_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/vox.13089"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_11_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/0952813X.2021.1871665"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/tme.12794"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12911\u2010023\u201002286\u20101"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_14_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/advs.202204077"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_15_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/trf.18077"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_16_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/vox.13350"},{"key":"e_1_2_18_17_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.2196\/68750"}],"container-title":["Transfusion Medicine"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/tme.70108","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1111\/tme.70108","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1111\/tme.70108","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]],"date-time":"2026-08-04T10:40:42Z","timestamp":1785840042000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/tme.70108"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]]},"references-count":16,"alternative-id":["10.1111\/tme.70108"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/tme.70108","archive":["Portico"],"relation":{},"ISSN":["0958-7578","1365-3148"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0958-7578","type":"print"},{"value":"1365-3148","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,4]]},"assertion":[{"value":"2026-03-31","order":0,"name":"received","label":"Received","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-07-25","order":2,"name":"accepted","label":"Accepted","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}},{"value":"2026-08-04","order":3,"name":"published","label":"Published","group":{"name":"publication_history","label":"Publication History"}}],"article-number":"tme.70108"}}