TMF abstracts

Financial Operations: Transplant Patient Evaluation Education Packets: Why Can’t We Do This Electronically

• Kelsey Breecher, MPA; Denice Graham, MSL, MBA; Shawn Reyes; Sena Wilson-Sheehan, MA
• Mayo Clinic/Phoenix, AZ
• Sponsored by Transplant Management Group, LLC

QAPI, Safety and Regulatory: The CAP Project (Phase 1): A High Volume Transplant Program’s Approach to Reimaging the Journey from Referral to Listing for Kidney Transplant Candidates

• Anna Mello, MHA, CPHQ; Deborah Adey, MD; Chris Freise, MD; Ryutaro Hirose, MD; Jennifer Kerney, NP; Carolyn Light, MPA
• University of California San Francisco Health
• Sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s

Clinical Operations: Hospital Administration Considerations for Implementation of NormothermicRegional Perfusion DCD Heart Transplant Program

• Amanda Cole RN, BSN, MPH; Kathleen CaweltiRN, BSN; Brandon Jackson BS, CTP; DeepaKurupRN, MSN, MBA; TamraMagee RN, MSN; Victor Pretorius MBChB
• University of California San Diego Health
• Sponsored by eHealth Technologies

Strategy, Marketing, and Leadership: Multichannel Communications Strategy to Promote Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis Transplant Program While Raising Awareness of Addiction Medicine and Treatment

• Daniel A. Carrigan, BA; MannejaCordray, BS; Caitlin Winkler, MSN, RN, NE-BC
• VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center
• Sponsored by TransMedics

Advancing Organ Donation: Big Needs for the Littlest People – Improving Potential Donor Referral Rates at a Pediatric Hospital

• Laura Hulse, MSN, RN, CPHQ, CCTC
• The Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters
• Sponsored by Emerging Therapy Solutions

Best of the Best: Lessons Learned from a Clinical Pathway on Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Heart Transplant

• Claudia Algaze, MD, MS; Seth Hollander, MD
• Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford
• Sponsored by AST – Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice

Financial Operations: Protocol Innovation – Renal Transplantation in Patients with AHUS

• Marie Morgievich, MS, RN, APN-C, CCTC, Kim Tibaldi, MD, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
• Category and award sponsored by Transplant Management Group, LLC
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QAPI, Safety and Regulatory: Utilizing Online Educational Modules and Flowcharts to Improve Organ Check-In and ABO Verification Compliance

• Lindsay Adamski, MPH, Fauzia K. Butt, MD, FACS, Susie Ceschini, RN, BSN, CNOR, Michelle Carraher, BS, Zakiyah Kadry, MD, FACS, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA
• Category and award sponsored by CareDx
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Clinical Operations: Innovation Out Of Necessity: Launching an Internal Transplant Mobile Phlebotomy Service to Enhance Patient Safety In The Midst Of Covid-19

• Sharyn Kreitzer, MSW, Gabriella Boulton, BA, Sheril Johnson-Locke, BS, NYU Langone Health, New York
• Category and award sponsored by MedSleuth
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Strategy, Marketing, and Leadership: With the New Allocation Change, Should Transplant Centers Start Pumping Kidneys?

• Yuriy Yushkov, PhD, MBA, CTP, Benjamin Schleich, PhD, MBA, MSISE, CPPS, DSHS, Toni Carrea, CST, AAS, Vikram Wadhera, MD, Michael J. Goldstein, MD, FACS, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ
• Category and award sponsored by XVIVO Perfusion
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Advancing Organ Donation: Launching a National Living Donor Registry

• Jennifer Milton, BSN, CCTC, MBA, David Fleming, BS, MBA, Karen Headley, BS, Donate Life America, Richmond, VA
• Category and award sponsored by Emerging Therapy Solutions
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Best of the Best: Monitoring Transformation: Minimizing Financial Costs Associated with Surveillance Protocol for HCV+ Kidney Transplant Recipients

• Marie Morgievich, MS, RN, APN-C, CCTC, Colleen Dowling, RN, MS, APN-C, CCTC, Anup Patel, MD, Mary Collazo, RN, MSN, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, NJ
• Category and award sponsored by AST Tx Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice
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Finance category: “Use of Six Sigma to Improve the HLA Billing Process Resulting in Substantial Recovery.”

• William Maixner, MHA; Luke McKinley, MBA; Adrian Thompson, B.S.; Pamela Kimball, Ph.D.; and Marlon F. Levy, M.D.; of VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center, Richmond, Va.
• Sponsored by Transplant Management Group, LLC
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QAPI and safety category: “Multidisciplinary Response to Donor ABO Discrepancy-Related Adverse Event.”

• Victoria Hunter, B.S.N, RN-C, CCTC; Arika Hoffman, M.D; Sue Miller, RN, CCTC; Scott Koepsell, M.D., Ph.D; Clifford Miles, M.D; of Nebraska Medicine, Omaha, Neb. Kyle Herber, Live On Nebraska.
• Sponsored by CareDx
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Clinical, operations and innovation category: “Changing Post-Transplant Care with Telemedicine.”

• Abhinav Rastogi, MBA, MIS; Nicole Patlakh, B.S., Temple Hospital, Philadelphia.
• Sponsored by LifeTrac Network
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Strategy and marketing category: “Increasing Patient Referrals for Transplant Through a Combined Outreach/Referral/Scheduling Coordinator Position.”

• Janine Vallen, RN, MSN, CCTN, APN-C; Michelle Preziosa, of Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Transplant, Camden, N.J.
• Sponsored by Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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Regulatory category: “Improving Regulatory Readiness Through a Compliance Dashboard.”

• Jenna Lawson, M.S., M.S.N, RN; Lindsay Smith, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tenn.
• Sponsored by HCA Healthcare
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Best of the Best abstract: “Early Extubation in Liver Transplant Patients.”

• Scott Bennett, M.S; Zachary Davis, B.S.N, RN; Bailor Hardman, M.D.; Keith Murray, B.S.N, RN, CCRN-K; Susan Neill-Fogus, B.S.N, RN; Chen Shi, M.D.; Leonor Sosa, RN, APRN, AGACNP-BC; Parsia Vagefi, M.D.; of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
• Sponsored by Transplant Administration and Quality Management Community of Practice