Articles tagged "Patient education"

2018 American Transplant Congress
Trends and Policy Influences on Multiple Listing Practices for Kidney Transplantation between 2000 and 2017
M. Decoteau,¹ D. Stewart,² A. Toll,² J. Case,¹ C. Marsh.¹
¹Organ Transplantation, Scripps Green Hospital, La Jolla, CA; ²United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA.
BACKGROUND: Organ allocation policies continually evolve to address long transplant wait times and a limited donor organ pool. Transplant candidates may list at multiple centers…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Enhancing Coordination across Healthcare Settings through a Web-Based Transplant Referral Exchange (T-REX) Platform
L. McPherson,¹ R. Mutell,² P. Broughton,² M. Basu,¹ J. Gander,¹ S. Pastan,¹ R. Patzer.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Apex Health Innovations, Simi Valley, CA.
Background: Communication between dialysis and transplant centers with regard to end-stage renal disease patient information throughout the transplant process is administratively intensive. We collaborated with…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Racial Differences in Patient-Perceived Barriers to Starting the Kidney Transplant Evaluation
R. Hamoda, L. McPherson, K. Lipford, J. Gander, S. Pastan, R. Patzer.
Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
Overview: Racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist along multiple transplant steps, including start of the transplant evaluation. No studies have identified barriers that…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Provision of Highly Specialized Aftercare by the Transplant Center Strongly Improves Patient, Pancreas and Kidney Allograft Survival in Long-Term Follow-Up after Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation
T. Schachtner,^1,2,3 M. Zaks,¹ A. Kahl,¹ P. Reinke.^1,2
¹Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ²Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany; ³Berlin Institute of Health BIH, Charite and Max Delbrueck Center, Berlin, Germany.
Despite rapid medical advancements in the field of transplantation, mean allograft survival remained at a standstill. If and to what extent a highly specialized and…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of Efficiency and Patient Perception of Solid Organ Transplant Medication Education after Pharmacist-Created Video Education
Y. Mitchell, J. Volpendesta, J. Vongspanich-Dray.
Pharmacy, University of California, Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
Renal transplant is the gold standard therapy for end stage renal disease. At a large, academic medical center, a multidisciplinary approach is used to optimize…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Cognitive Function and Health Literacy Assessment Outcomes in the First Months after Renal Transplant in a Diverse Single Center Population
J. Trofe-Clark,^1,2 W. Gbemudu,¹ S. Hamel,¹ J. Shults,¹ R. Neubauer,² S. Ryan,¹ M. Kaminski,¹ D. Sawinski,² S. Goral,² M. Bleicher,² M. Lim,² R. Bloom,² P. Reese.²
¹Hosp.of Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; ²Renal Division, Perelman School of Medicine, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
A renal transplant recipient's (RTR's) abilities to understand and implement medication education are very dependent on cognitive function and health literacy. The purpose of this…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Using Visual Icons to Present Program Transplant Rate Information to the Public: Results of a Randomized Trial
C. Schaffhausen,^1,5 S. Chu,⁴ M. Bruin,⁴ J. Hibbard,³ J. Snyder,^2,5 B. Kasiske,^1,5 A. Israni.^1,2,5
¹Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ³Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR; ⁴College of Design, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) provides federally mandated program-specific transplant data to the public. SRTR recently developed new website materials to make statistical…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Providing Transplant Candidates with Patient-Specific Public Reports about Programs That Transplant Patients Like Them
C. Schaffhausen,^1,4 M. Bruin,³ S. Chu,³ A. Matas,⁵ J. Lake,⁶ W. Kim,^7,4 S. Biggins,⁸ J. Snyder,^2,4 B. Kasiske,^1,4 A. Israni.^1,2
¹Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ³College of Design, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁷Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; ⁸Division of Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) provides federally mandated program-specific reports (PSR) to the public. Previous patient feedback indicated interest in tailoring search information…
2018 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Displays of Program Waitlist Mortality on Public Search Results
C. Schaffhausen,^1,4 M. Bruin,³ S. Chu,³ A. Matas,⁵ J. Lake,⁶ W. Kim,^7,4 S. Biggins,⁸ J. Snyder,^2,4 B. Kasiske,^1,4 A. Israni.^1,2,4
¹Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ³College of Design, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, Minneapolis Medial Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN; ⁵Department of Surgery, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁶Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁷Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA; ⁸Division of Hepatology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) provides federally mandated program-specific transplant data to the public. SRTR has developed new website materials to provide more…
2018 American Transplant Congress
The Importance of Transplant Program Measures: Surveys of 3 National Patient Advocacy Groups
C. Schaffhausen,^1,4 M. Bruin,³ S. Chu,³ J. Snyder,^2,5 B. Kasiske,^1,4 A. Israni.^1,2,4
¹Department of Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC), University of Minnesota (UMN), Minneapolis, MN; ²Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ³College of Design, UMN, Minneapolis, MN; ⁴Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation, Minneapolis, MN.
The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) provides federally mandated program-specific transplant data to the public. Historically, SRTR data has been disseminated to government and…