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Melissa Hollo: Making Early Anemia Detection the Standard of Care

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Jun 24, 2026, 02:59

Melissa Hollo: Making Early Anemia Detection the Standard of Care

Melissa Hollo, Director of Project Management at hc1 and Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“A key takeaway is the recommendation that all surgical patients with a hemoglobin less than 13 g/dL, regardless of sex, should be evaluated for iron deficiency and other causes of anemia.

Relying on lower thresholds for women may lead to missed opportunities for identifying and treating iron deficiency, resulting in higher transfusion rates, complications, and poorer outcomes.

This highlights the need for a standardized, data-driven approach to anemia assessment in healthcare.

Too often, patients are identified late, or not at all, due to varying screening processes by provider, specialty, or location.

At hc1, we developed Clinical IQ MyBloodHealth to address this challenge.

By leveraging laboratory and clinical data directly within the workflow, Clinical IQ automatically identifies patients with Hgb less than 13 g/dL, surfaces iron deficiency risk, guides evidence-based assessment, and enables earlier intervention before surgery.

The result is a scalable, standardized approach to blood health management that helps:

Identify anemia earlier
Reduce unnecessary transfusions
Improve patient outcomes
Reduce length of stay and readmissions
Support guideline-driven care across health systems

The evidence continues to grow. The question is no longer whether we should identify anemia earlier it is how quickly we can make proactive blood health management the standard of care.”

Melissa Hollo: Making Early Anemia Detection the Standard of Care