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Articles tagged "Resource utilization"

  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Transplant Recipients Who Had Covid-19 Prior to Transplant: A Single-center Experience

    S. Sultan, M. Aull, R. Craig-Schapiro, E. C. Liu, J. H. Lee, S. Kapur

    New York Presbyterian / Weill Cornell, New York, NY

    *Purpose: In the early recovery phase after the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic, a question emerged in the context of resuming transplant activity: should…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Public Perceptions of Presumed Consent for Organ Donation in Canada: A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Public Comments from News Articles

    D. E. Fox1, M. Donald2, C. Chong1, R. R. Quinn3, P. E. Ronksley1, M. J. Elliott3, N. N. Lam3

    1The Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 2Cumming School of Medicine, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, 3The Cumming School of Medicine and Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    *Purpose: In 2019, two Canadian provinces (Alberta and Nova Scotia) became the first jurisdictions in North America to pass presumed consent legislation to increase deceased…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Centers Avoided 67% of Kidney Offers by Participating in the OPTN’s Multifactorial Offer Filter Pilot Project

    A. Toll, H. McGehee, D. Stewart, R. McTier

    Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: Evaluate if multifactorial filters can reduce unwanted kidney offers to centers, thereby reducing administrative burden and getting to the accepting candidate quicker.*Methods: 40 centers…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Perspective of the Implementation of Virtual Medicine in a Post-kidney Transplant Clinic

    S. Mann1, M. Kadatz1, J. Lan1, O. Johnston1, C. Luo2

    1Medicine, Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    *Purpose: COVID-19 dramatically altered the model of health care delivery for transplant recipients, necessitating the routine use of virtual medicine. This resulted in consequences for…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Automated Electronic Donor Referrals Have Increased Transplantation

    J. Piano

    Transplant Connect, Santa Monica, CA

    *Purpose: It is well understood and supported by previous studies that costly inefficiencies exist in the current phone-based process by which hospitals refer potential donors…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Needs of People with Kidney Transplantation During the Covid 19 Pandemic and Its Confinement, and the Role of Communication Technologies Through the “Patient Experience”

    I. Revuelta1, E. Palou2, R. Scandurra3, F. Oppenheimer1, F. Diekmann1, J. Escarrabill2, B. Bayés1

    1Department of Nephrology and Kidney Transplant, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 2Chronic care program and patient experience, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, 3Department of Statistics, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    *Purpose: During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare services have focused on the care of acute processes and there is a risk of not meeting the needs…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Measures of Transplant Activity is Higher in Lower-Income Countries: A Multinational Survey Study

    S. Sandal1, B. Boyarsky2, P. Chiang2, A. Massie2, D. Segev2, M. Cantarovich1

    1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

    *Purpose: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the field of solid organ transplantation due to the “ramp-down” of activity during the initial months. Impact on transplant…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Early Review of Liver Acuity Circles Allocation

    S. Noreen1, J. Heimbach2, J. Pomposelli3, M. Cafarella1, J. Trotter4

    1UNOS, Richmond, VA, 2Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 3UCHealth, Aurora, CO, 4BSWHealth, Dallas, TX

    *Purpose: Acuity circles (AC) allocation was implemented on February 4, 2020, followed shortly by the declaration of national emergency for COVID-19. The goal of this…
  • 2021 American Transplant Congress

    Kidney Programs Can Filter Off a Majority of Their Unwanted Organ Offers without Harming Transplant Volumes

    A. Toll, H. McGehee, R. McTier, D. Stewart

    Research, United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA

    *Purpose: Evaluate if multifactorial filters can reduce unwanted kidney offers to centers, thereby reducing administrative burden and getting to the accepting candidate quicker.*Methods: 34 centers…
  • 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…
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