2020 American Transplant Congress
Automated Electronic Donor Referrals Have Increased Donation
Transplant Connect, Santa Monica, CA
*Purpose: It is broadly understood and supported by previous studies that disruptive inefficiencies exist in the hospital to Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) donor referral process,…2020 American Transplant Congress
Organ and Tissue Donation Education for Transplant Patients Staying at a Transplant Hospitality House Leads to Successful Cornea Donation
*Purpose: A transplant hospitality house (THH) serving multiple transplant centers is directly connected to its region’s Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and offers formal education to…2020 American Transplant Congress
Report of Organ Offers Linked with Instant Messaging Data Provides a Basis for Quality Improvement
Health Informatics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
*Purpose: Thousands of viable organs are discarded every year with incorrect or inappropriate reasons for declination. One limitation on the accessibility of organ transplantation is…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Transportation Innovation for Human Organs: Surgical Perspectives and Implications
Transplant Surgery, Unviersity of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Recent changes in allocation and the ongoing organ donor shortage have led to increased regional and national sharing, putting intense pressure on the organ…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Proposed Metrics for Recertification of Organ Procurement Organizations: Evaluation by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
*Purpose: On December 23, 2019, the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed two new standards that organ procurement organizations (OPOs) must meet for…2020 American Transplant Congress
Multi-Organ Procurement Organization Review of the Impact of Reactive Anti-HCV and HCV NAT Results
LifeShare Transplant Donor Services of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK
*Purpose: Previously a single organ procurement organization (OPO) reviewed data from a 15 month cohort (1/1/2016 to 3/31/17) and concluded that donors who tested positive…2020 American Transplant Congress
The Living Donor Collective Pilot Evaluations of Living Kidney Donor Candidates at 10 Programs
*Purpose: Much remains to learn regarding long-term effects of living organ donation on donors. Rare events are important, and long-term follow-up with appropriate contemporaneous controls…2019 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Transplant Hospital Organ Procurement on Medicare Cost Report Reimbursement
*Purpose: Medicare organ acquisition reimbursement from the Medicare Cost Report includes costs associated with transplant hospitals acquiring an organ for Medicare transplant patients and the…2019 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor Vascularized Abdominal Wall Allograft Procurement – Lessons Learned from Early Experiences
Abdominal Transplant Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: Vascularized abdominal wall allografts (AWA), which protect solid organs in patients with loss of abdominal domain or extensive abdominal wall damage, remain an essential…2019 American Transplant Congress
Uterine Graft Procurement in a Living Donor
Simmons Transplant Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
*Purpose: Uterus transplantation is a new treatment option for females with uterine factor infertility and a rapidly evolving field of organ transplantation. Proof-of-concept, i.e., birth…
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