Quentin Booker, quality advisor for the William J. von Liebig Center for Transplantation and Clinical Regeneration at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, talks about how collaborative improvement helps transplant centers like his connect with others so that they may learn from one another.
More about COIIN results
- FEATURE: Three-year collaborative improvement project drives results
- NEW: Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston lowered average time from referral to listing
- St. Barnabas decreases median time by average of 33 days during COIIN
- University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics increased the number of patients consenting to accept offers of high KDPI organs
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia increased patient readiness, decreased the number of inactive patients and increased transplants overall by better preparing its waitlist patients
- VIDEO: University of Chicago Medical Center achieved a shorter, more active waitlist
Improvement articles
Lowering average time from referral to listing at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
Enhancing the efficiency of the referral and evaluation process makes transplant patients ready sooner at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center
Reducing the interval between evaluation and listing
St. Barnabas decreases median time by average of 33 days during COIIN
Three-year collaborative improvement project drives results
Increasing the use of high KDPI kidneys through collaborative improvement