Articles tagged "Public policy"

2022 American Transplant Congress
Healthcare Worker Attitudes On Living Donations Prior To Withdrawal Of Care
C. Luo¹, S. Rath¹, L. Washburn², M. B. Price¹, P. Moolchandani¹, M. Goss³, A. Rana¹, J. Goss¹, N. Galvan¹
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
*Purpose: This study aims to assess the attitudes of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in transplant and critical care towards Living Donation Prior to…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Managing the Costs of Routine Follow-up Care After Living Kidney Donation: A Survey of Contemporary Experience, Practice & Challenges
K. Lentine¹, G. McNatt², R. Howey³, C. Thomas², R. Hays⁴, U. Lebron-Banks⁵, S. Ainapurapu¹, A. Tietjen⁶
¹Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, ²Univ. Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ³Toyon Associates, Concord, CA, ⁴Univ. Wisconsin, Madison, WI, ⁵New York-Presbyterian Hosp., New York, NY, ⁶St. Barnabas, Livingston, NJ
*Purpose: Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) Policy mandates that living kidney donor (LKD) programs collect and report clinical and laboratory follow-up information for living…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Trends of Kidney Transplant Volume During Covid-19 Era
G. Rajashekar¹, S. Chang¹, K. Lentine², J. Wellen¹, T. Alhamad¹, M. Merzkani¹, H. Murad¹
¹Nephrology, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint louis, MO, ²Nephrology, SSM Saint Louis University, Saint louis, MO
*Purpose: The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 and the clinical syndrome of COVID-19 have significantly disrupted routine healthcare and life-saving procedures, including solid organ transplantation. This resulted…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Intersection of Cost, Quality, and Volume in Liver Transplant
D. Axelrod¹, R. Balakrishnan¹, A. Harris², S. Hohmann², J. Snyder³, B. Kasiske³, M. Schnitzler⁴, K. Lentine⁴
¹Univ of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, ²Vizient Inc., Irving, TX, ³SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ⁴Saint Louis Univ, Saint Louis, MO
*Purpose: As a consequence of changing allocation practices and the ongoing shortage of high-quality organs, the cost of liver transplant (LT) continues to increase throughout…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Investigating Physician Outlook Regarding Living Donation Prior to Planned Withdrawal of Care
S. Rath¹, L. Washburn², S. Creden¹, M. Goss³, A. Rana¹, J. Goss¹, N. T. Galvan¹
¹Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, ²University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ³McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX
*Purpose: The aim of this study is to assess the attitudes of physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners in transplant and critical care regarding Living…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Transplant Trainee Education and Recruitment Experiences
D. E. Cassidy¹, A. E. Gomez-Rexode¹, J. R. Santos-Parker¹, M. S. Anderson², L. M. McElroy³, M. E. Byrnes², S. A. Waits², V. S. Valbuena²
¹University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, ³Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
*Purpose: The demand for training in abdominal transplantation has continued to decrease. General surgery residents have less exposure to transplant surgery, creating a need for…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Traveling for Transplant on Access to and Outcomes from Kidney and Liver Transplantation
K. Ross-Driscoll¹, R. Lynch¹, D. Axelrod², R. Patzer¹
¹Emory University, Atlanta, GA, ²University of Iowa, Ames, IA
*Purpose: Newly developed transplant referral regions (TRRs) can be used to understand how and why patients travel outside of their home transplant center to receive…
2021 American Transplant Congress
The Effect of Acuity Circles on Deceased Donor Transplant and Offer Rates Across Meld and Exception Statuses
A. Wey¹, S. Noreen², S. Gentry³, N. Salkowski¹, M. Cafarella², R. Hirose⁴, J. Trotter⁵, D. Segev⁶, A. Israni¹, J. Snyder¹, B. Kasiske¹
¹SRTR, Minneapolis, MN, ²UNOS, Richmond, VA, ³USNA, Annapolis, MD, ⁴Univ of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, ⁵BSW Health, Dallas, TX, ⁶Johns Hopkins, Baltimore, MD
*Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on February 4, 2020. AC significantly changed the relative priority of candidates with allocation PELD/MELD scores of 29…
2021 American Transplant Congress
Panic in the Pandemic: A Medical Decision Analysis Examining When Kidney Transplant Programs Should Close
A. J. Vinson¹, B. Kiberd², K. Tennankore¹
¹Nova Scotia Health Authority Division of Nephrology, Departm, Halifax, NS, Canada, ²Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
*Purpose: Pandemics greatly interfere with overall health care delivery as resources are diverted to combat the crisis. Kidney transplantation programs were closed temporarily during the…
2021 American Transplant Congress
General Public Attitude Toward Vascularized Composite Allografts (VCA) Donation?
M. S. S Gharibdousti¹, M. T Khasawneh¹, A. L Friedman²
¹System Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University, Vestal, NY, ²LiveOnNY, New York City, NY
*Purpose: To analyze factors associated with affirmative authorization for VCA donation from public opinion.*Methods: KnowledgePanel is the largest online panel that relies on probability-based sampling…