2016 American Transplant Congress
Coping with Patient Death on Pediatric Liver Transplant Teams.
Purpose: Few studies have been conducted on how pediatric clinicians cope with patient loss, and there is sparse literature to guide resource allocation specifically among…2016 American Transplant Congress
Peer Mentoring to Improve Access to Kidney Transplantation in the Southeast.
BACKGROUND The Southeastern Kidney Transplant Coalition's (SEKTC) mission is to improve the low kidney transplantation (KTx) rate in the North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Big Data Predictive Solution to Optimize Kidney Transplant Outcome and Resource Utilization.
Objective: Transplant (Tx) programs often use data in reaction to regulation vs. optimizing outcomes through data driven clinical care. Tx specific issues can detract from…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Reviewing Patient Care in Abdominal Transplantation.
Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY.
Purpose: Unbiased review of patient care in solid organ transplantation is difficult but essential for improving patient safety. In October 2013 we created a process…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Waitlist Management with Lean Six Sigma.
BackgroundLean thinking is a bundle of concepts, methods and tools for organizing human activities in organizations. It attempts to eliminate the underlying unnecessary waste in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Kidney Allocation System with Deceased Donor Kidney Utilization at the DSA Level.
1Lifenet Health, Virginia Beach, VA; 2University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: In December 2014, UNOS implemented broad sweeping changes in the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS). Recent summary reports by UNOS suggest that on a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Kidney Allocation System with Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: In December 2014, UNOS implemented broad sweeping changes in the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS). Recent summary reports by UNOS suggest that nationally, key…2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessing the Impact of the Share35 Liver Allocation Policy: Survival Outcomes Among Liver Re-Transplant Recipients.
Liver retransplantation (reLTx) is the only treatment option for those who experienced graft loss after primary liver transplantation (LTx). Yet, in an era of increasing…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Finances of Broader Sharing of Livers Following Share 35.
Background. After implementation of the “Share 35” policy in 2013, many centers and OPOs reported increased costs associated with broader sharing. The OPTN Liver and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplantation for NASH: The Toronto Experience.
General Surgery, Multi-Organ Transplant, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Background:Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is an increasingly common indication for liver transplantation in North America. In the context of organ scarcity and significant waitlist mortality, our…
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