Transplant Quality Improvement Activity (QIA)

Network Task Lead: Kou Kha-Moua

Kidney transplantation offers advantages over dialysis for most End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients in both quality of life and survival. In spite of the benefits of kidney transplantation, according to the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), in 2016, 87.3 percent of all incident cases began renal replacement therapy with hemodialysis, 9.7 percent started with peritoneal dialysis, and just 2.8 percent received a preemptive kidney transplant. In addition, 63.1 percent of all prevalent ESRD cases were receiving hemodialysis therapy, 7.0 percent were being treated with peritoneal dialysis, and 29.6 percent had a functioning kidney transplant.1 

 

WEBINARS

• January 25, 2022: Best Practices to Assist Patients in Getting on the Kidney Transplant Waiting List (Recording)

• March 1, 2022: Resources to Address Social Determinants of Health Barriers to Transplant (Recording)

 

2024 TRANSPLANT DESIGNEE SYMPOSIUMS

• September 17  - Penn Transplant Institute | Flyer | In Person and Virtual | Event Contact: Margaret Leid, margaret.leid@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

 

PATIENT & FAMILY ENGAGEMENT (QAPI, LIFE PLAN, PEER MENTORING)

RESOURCE VIDEOS

• QAPI

• Peer Mentoring

• Life Plan (English / Spanish)

 

TOOLKIT

• Quality Improvement Videos

  • Quality Improvement in Healthcare (11:08 Minutes)

  • Root Cause Analysis – Process to Identify Areas for Quality Improvement

    • What is a Fishbone Diagram? (3:08 Minutes)

    • Root Cause Analysis: 5 Whys (4:44 Minutes)

  • PDSA Cycles – Process to Achieve Quality Improvement (6:21 Minutes)

• Living Donation Resources

• 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program Transplant Module

• NCC Peer Mentor Program

• Social Determinants of Health Module

• Life Plan Tool (adapt and implement any of the following Life Plan tools as needed): 

  • University of North Carolina Kidney Center's My Dialysis Plan

  • ESRD NCC Kidney Hub

  • I Can Do It: My Plan to Take Charge of My Life

• Patient Voices: My Kidney Transplant Experience 

  • Patient Testimonial Videos

 

RCA TOOLKIT

• 5 WHYs Directions
• 5 WHYs Template Example
• 5 WHYs Template for Completing RCA

 

OTHER RESOURCES

• Patient Peer-to-Peer Mentoring for Patients with Kidney Failure: Methods, Facilitators and Lessons Learned

 

ORGAN PROCUREMENT ORGANIZATIONS (OPOS)

OPO Website

OPO's in Network 4 Service Area:

Gift of Life Donor Program
Howard M. Nathan, President/CEO
401 North 3rd Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Phone: (215) 557-8090; Fax: (215) 557-9359
https://www.donors1.org/

Center for Organ Recovery & Education
Susan A. Stuart, President/CEO
RIDC Park
204 Sigma Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15238
Phone: (412) 963-3550; Fax: (412) 963-3564
https://www.core.org/

LiveOnNY
Helen M. Irving, President/CEO
460 W. 34th Street,
15th Floor, New York, NY 10001
Phone: (646) 291-4444     Fax: (646) 291-4600
https://www.liveonny.org/

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
https://unos.org/

 

REFERENCES

1. United States Renal Data System. 2018 USRDS annual data report: Epidemiology of kidney disease in the United States. National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, 2018.

 

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