Articles tagged "Public policy"

2019 American Transplant Congress
Liver Circle-Based Allocation: LSAM Modeling Results
D. Schladt¹, T. Weaver¹, J. Pyke¹, A. Herreid¹, B. Thompson¹, B. Kasiske¹, J. Snyder¹, W. Kim², J. Lake³, A. Israni¹, J. Heimbach⁴
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA, ³Univ of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
*Purpose: On June 25, 2018, the OPTN Board of Directors (BOD) directed the Liver and Intestinal Organ Transplantation Committee to propose changes to policy removing…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Collaborative AI Framework to Improve the MELD Exception Request Policy Process
A. M. Placona, S. M. Noreen, R. Carrico
Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Henrico, VA
*Purpose: A goal of organ allocation policy is to balance medical urgency with equitable access to transplant. MELD Exceptions attempt to ensure that patients’ medical…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes in Non-A1 and Non A1 B to B Deceased Donor Renal Transplantation Are Comparable to B Donor Renal Transplants
A. Brar, L. Kwon, A. Gruessner, F. Tedla, R. Gruessner, N. Sumrani, D. John, J. Renz, M. O. Salifu
SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
*Purpose: Blood type B patients wait longer to get deceased donor (DD) renal transplants compared to other blood types. On December 2014, the US national…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Hepatopancreatobiliary Training In Transplant Fellowships: H And B, Maybe?
R. Borscheid¹, A. Saharia², E. Cho¹, F. Lewis¹, H. Osman¹, J. Kurtz¹, D. Jeyarajah¹, A. Gaber²
¹Methodist Richardson Medical Center, Richardson, TX, ²Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX
*Purpose: HPB surgery is an evolving specialty, but only about 15% of the active HPB surgeons have undergone training in a dedicated HPB program -…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Lower Alcohol Taxes Are Associated with Increased Liver Transplant Listing
N. T. Shen¹, M. Raver¹, N. Hutchison¹, A. Jesudian¹, J. Bray², B. Schackman³, R. S. Brown¹
¹Medicine; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell, New York, NY, ²Economics, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, Greensboro, NC, ³Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
*Purpose: Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading indication for liver transplantation worldwide with rising prevalence. Whether relationships exist between transplant listing for ALD and…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Opioid and Benzodiazepine Use in Lung Transplant Candidates: A National Survey of Policies and Practices
H. Bruschwein¹, V. Andersen¹, H. Patel², J. Fleming³, A. Shahane¹, M. Weder¹
¹University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, ²University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, ³Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
*Purpose: The opioid epidemic has raised the question of how transplant teams should work with patients who are prescribed opioids. Benzodiazepine use has also received…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Availability of Psychiatric and Chemical Dependency Treatment Services at US Hospitals Providing Transplantations
S. K. Niazi¹, A. Spaulding², T. Schneekloth³, A. Keaveny⁴, A. Vasquez¹, E. Vargas², T. Rummans¹, C. Taner⁵
¹Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ²Health Services Research, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ³Psychiatry & Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, ⁵Transplantation, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL
*Purpose: Comprehensive pre-transplant psychosocial assessment is recommended by organ-specific professional transplant (TX) organizations. Given the significant impact on TX outcomes of untreated psychiatric (PSYCH) comorbidities,…
2019 American Transplant Congress
A Multi National Study Ofkidney Transplantation In Inmates
Y. Qazi, A. Mahajan, D. Bahl, F. Jan
Keck Medical Center at USC, Los Angeles, CA
*Purpose: Over 10 million inmates exist in prison worldwide, with United States accounting for over fifth of this population. The number of inmates with ESRD…
2019 American Transplant Congress
An International Comparison of Kidney Utilization in the United States and United Kingdom: What Can Be Learned?
D. Stewart¹, G. Vece¹, M. Ibrahim², C. Callaghan²
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA, ²NHS, London, United Kingdom
*Purpose: International discussions in 2017 about kidney “discard rates” between transplant (TX) professionals in the US and UK led to the realization that the two…
2019 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation Of Workplace Environment In Transplant Medicine: Harassment Should Not Be The “Reality Of Life”
M. Reilly¹, T. Branstool¹, S. Gregory¹, T. R. Pearson², T. S. Purnell³, G. Gunasekaran⁴, B. Kelly⁵, P. N. Martins⁶, C. M. Mobley⁷, S. M. Black⁸, E. C. Maynard⁹, D. C. Simpson¹⁰, M. B. Shah¹¹, O. Ekwenna¹, J. Locke¹², J. Ortiz¹
¹Surgical Transplant, University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH, ²Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, ³Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ⁴Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵DCI Donor Services, Nashville, TN, ⁶University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, ⁷Houston Methodist, Houston, TX, ⁸The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ⁹Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, ¹⁰Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, ¹¹University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ¹²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
*Purpose: The recent increase in publications detailing discrimination and harassment in the medical setting has brought to light potential impairments of medical professional health and…