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…2020 American Transplant Congress
Using Trajectory Analysis to Characterize Trends in OPO Performance with Population-Based Metrics
1Emory University, Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA, 2University of Miami, Miami, FL
*Purpose: Identifying the organ procurement organizations (OPOs) with the greatest opportunity to improve donation rates may help increase the number of transplants in the United…2020 American Transplant Congress
An Evaluation of Deceased Donor Eligibility and US Organ Donation Rates
*Purpose: Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) performance assessment is essential for identifying best practices and improvement opportunities. We aimed to evaluate OPO performance using the following…2020 American Transplant Congress
Racial/Ethnic Differences in Deceased Organ Donor Rates Over Time in the United States
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Historically, deceased organ donation rates have varied across racial/ethnic groups within the US. To address these differences, the transplant community has investigated select minority…
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