Articles tagged "Public policy"

2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Length of Dialysis Prior to Transplantation.
T. Melanson,¹ M. Basu,¹ L. Plantinga,¹ S. Pastan,¹ S. Mohan,² R. Patzer.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta; ²Columbia University, New York
Introduction: The Kidney Allocation System (KAS) changed the starting point for calculating waiting time for patients on the kidney transplant (KTx) waitlist from the time…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Commonly Expressed Living Donation Fears and Concerns by Non-Directed (Altruistic) Living Kidney Donors in the United States.
A. Maghen,¹ G. Vargas,¹ S. Connor,¹ S. Nassiri,¹ E. Hicks,² L. Kwan,¹ S. Maliski,³ J. Veale.¹
¹Urology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA; ²Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR; ³University of Kansas Medical Center School of Nursing, Kansas City, KS
A. In the United States, many factors, including lack of awareness and misconceptions about living kidney transplantation, create challenges that limit increasing the live kidney…
2017 American Transplant Congress
A New Methodology for Measuring and Monitoring Equity in Access to Deceased Donor Kidney Transplants.
D. Stewart, A. Wilk, W. Cherikh, A. Harper, R. Urban, D. Klassen, E. Edwards.
United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA
Background: The OPTN monitors progress on increasing the number of transplants, improving patient outcomes, and other goals. However, a well-established methodology for assessing system performance…
2017 American Transplant Congress
Perceived Legitimacy of Using Social Support for Transplant Eligibility: Results from a National Survey of Transplant Clinicians.
K. Ladin,¹ E. Gordon,² Z. Butt,² T. Lavelle,¹ N. Daniels,³ D. Hanto.⁴
¹Tufts University, Medford, MA; ²Northwestern University School of Medicine, Chicago; ³Harvard University, Boston; ⁴Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville
Background: Although the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services require that social support be used to determine transplant eligibility, guidance is vague. Centers vary significantly…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Significant Increase in Wait List Removals for Candidates Considered Too Sick from the US Kidney Transplant Waiting List.
E. Poggio, L. Buccini, S. Flechner, D. Goldfarb, J. Schold.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Approximately 59,000 kidney transplant candidates have been removed from the waiting list since 2000 for reasons other than transplantation, death, or transfers. In 2014, reasons…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Peer Mentoring to Improve Access to Kidney Transplantation in the Southeast.
J. Gander,¹ S. McMath,² M. Rudd,² L. Sauls,³ S. Tripathi,¹ L. Plantinga,¹ L. McPherson,¹ T. Browne,⁴ S. Pastan,¹ R. Patzer.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta; ²Georgia Transplant Foundation, Atlanta; ³ESRD Network 6, Raleigh; ⁴University of South Carolina, Columbia.
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
Geographic Differences in Racial Disparity Reduction in Kidney Transplant Rates Before and After the New Kidney Allocation System.
R. Patzer,¹ T. Melanson,¹ M. Basu,¹ L. Plantinga,¹ L. McPherson,¹ S. Mohan,² J. Gander,¹ D. Howard,¹ S. Pastan.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta; ²Columbia University, New York.
Background: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS) implemented 12/4/2014, significant African American (AA) vs. white racial disparities existed in access to kidney transplantation…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Waitlist Management with Lean Six Sigma.
V. Arelin,¹ J. Schaefer,³ H. Haller,¹ I. Ackermann,² H. Schrem.²
¹Nephrology and Hypertension, Medical School Hanover, Hannover, Germany; ²Transplant and Viceral Surgery, Medical School Hanover, Hannover, Germany; ³Center for Information Technology, Medical School Hanover, Hannover, Germany.
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
Subtype-Compatible (A2/A2B–>B) Transplantation Under KAS Increases Access 3-Fold for Blood Type B Patients, yet Very Few Candidates Are Listed as Eligible.
D. Stewart,¹ W. Cherikh,¹ A. Kucheryavaya,¹ C. Bryan,² N. Turgeon,³ M. Aeder.⁴
¹UNOS, Richmond, VA; ²Midwest Transplant Network, Westwood, KS; ³Emory, Atlanta, GA; ⁴Univ Hosp Case Med Ctr, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Prior to the new kidney allocation system (KAS; 12/4/14), 8 OPOs participated in a voluntary policy variance permitting allocation of kidneys from subtype “A2”…
2016 American Transplant Congress
Intervention Development for the Allocation System Changes for Equity in kidNey Transplantation (ASCENT) Study.
K. Smith,¹ J. Gander,¹ M. Basu,¹ S. Pastan,¹ S. Mohan,² C. Escoffery,¹ L. Plantinga,¹ S. Kalloo,² G. Green,³ A. Berlin,⁴ G. Renville,⁵ T. Browne,⁶ N. Turgeon,¹ S. Caponi,⁷ J. Krisher,⁸ R. Patzer.¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA; ²Columbia University, New York, NY; ³American Association of Kidney Patients, Tampa, FL; ⁴Southeastern Kidney Transplant Coalition, Atlanta, GA; ⁵National Kidney Foundation, Atlanta, GA; ⁶University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; ⁷ESRD Network 2, Lake Success, NY; ⁸ESRD Network 6, Raleigh, NC.
Background: Recent changes in the kidney allocation system (KAS) are expected to reduce racial disparities in kidney transplantation (KTx). However, dialysis facilities may not be…