- Отрасли: Government; Health care
- Number of terms: 396
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HRSA is the primary U.S. Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable.
Associated with hepatic failure from any cause, attributed to the passage of toxic nitrogenous substances from the portal to the systemic circulation; cerebral manifestations may include coma.
Industry:Health care
Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, online registries provide authorized professionals access to a confidential database of registered organ donors, allowing easy and quick confirmation of an individual's consent to organ donation. All registries are voluntary and some are affiliated with the local motor vehicle bureau, while others are independently operated or OPO-based.
Industry:Health care
Because the supply of organs is so limited, policymakers must balance Utility - making the best use of each organ, utilizing every available organ and doing the most good for the most people, with Justice - providing all transplant candidates with equitable access to transplant care and transplantable organs regardless of age, ethnicity, religion, financial status or geography. See also Ethics, Hippocratic Oath, Justice, Statement of Principles and Objectives of Equitable Organ Allocation.
Industry:Health care
Being on the waiting list for the same organ at more than one transplant center.
Industry:Health care
Breakthrough Collaborative term describing priorities addressed by successful teams to assure that change is deep enough into the system to be sustained:
* Create OPO Hospital Presence/In House Coordinator
* Analyze and Apply Current Hospital Specific Data
* Identify Physician/Clinician Champions
* Conduct Real Time Death Record Reviews
* Establish Clinical Triggers
* Hold Donation Team Huddles
* Identify and Utilize Effective Requesters in Ever Case
* Conduct After Action Reviews.
Industry:Health care
Breakthrough Collaborative term. A document containing a complete description of the Initiative, along with expectations and activities to complete prior to the first Learning Session of the Initiative.
Industry:Health care
Breakthrough Collaborative term. A general idea for changing a process. Change concepts are usually at a high level of abstraction, but evoke multiple ideas for specific processes. Establish strong culture of accountability for results, use data-driven decision making to determine priorities, and create and maintain visual presence of OPO staff in donor hospitals, are examples of change concepts.
Industry:Health care
Breakthrough Collaborative term. A strategy in the OTBC Change Package where organs are placed aggressively and strategically. The purposes of the Push Strategy are to:
* Conduct an exhaustive and relentless search to identify a compatible recipient for every transplantable organ
* Organize to use exports and imports to assure high acceptance and transplantation rates
* Staff and standardize an increasingly effective placement process
* Use information and feedback to build trust and confidence in organ quality, information quality, and efficient matching.
Industry:Health care
Breakthrough Collaborative term. A strategy in the OTBC Change Package where transplant programs work to optimize organ acceptance and success rates for each organ type. The purposes of the Pull Strategy are to:
* Evolve an effective game plan for accepting all organs
* Understand and guide the capacity to transplant more organs in the DSA
* Maximize the likelihood of patients having a successful transplant rather than dying on the waiting list
* Assure transplant program practice is as aggressive as possible
* Create relationships with OPOs in other DSAs to assure the capacity to receive organs is fully utilized.
Industry:Health care
Breakthrough Collaborative term. A structured multi-disciplinary meeting of hospital and OPO staff used to coordinate the Effective Request Process and to meet the unique needs of each eligible donor's family.
Industry:Health care
