The benefits of transplantation extend to ESRD patients regardless of age, gender, or ethnicity, as well as those with common comorbid conditions, including diabetes and hypertension.
Quality Insights Renal Network 3 (QIRN3) is conducting a Transplant Quality Improvement Initiative to increase the rates of patients on a transplant waitlist by promoting early referral to transplant, and assisting patients and providers to improve referral patterns by addressing barriers identified as the patient moves through the steps identified by Sullivan et al
[1].
PRIMARY GOAL: Increase the percentage of ESRD patients on the transplant waitlist to 30% from the 2016 national average of 18.5% by 2023
SECONDARY GOAL: Demonstrate a 2% percentage point improvement over baseline in the number of patients added to the transplant waitlist from January 2019 - September 2019.
Monthly Reporting
Online Reporting Tool Demo Link Coming Soon
Project Calls Schedule
ESRD NCC Transplant QIA Learning Action Network (LAN)
Webinar Schedules
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Slides |
Webinar Recording |
| Jan 22, 2019 |
3:00pm - 4:00pm EST |
Presentation |
Recording |
| Mar19, 2019 |
3:00pm - 4:00pm EST |
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| May 21, 2019 |
3:00pm - 4:00pm EST |
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| Jul 16, 2019 |
3:00pm - 4:00pm EST |
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| Sept 17, 2019 |
3:00pm - 4:00pm EST |
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| Nov19, 2019 |
3:00pm - 4:00pm EST |
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Project Tools
Transplant Six (6) Step Tracker – Coming soon
Transplant QIA Root Cause Analysis (RCA) –Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) Worksheet
Suggested Interventions to Trial
Transplant Option Tool
Additional Resources
ESRD Network 3 has 5 transplant centers that perform kidney and/or pancreas transplants in New Jersey and Puerto Rico. However, a transplant center located in Texas is included below. Puerto Rico patients are often referred to this center.
Transplant Centers
Articles:
[1] https://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/7/10/1639.short