National Gathering of Healthcare Leaders Focuses on Increasing Organ and Tissue Donation

DIGITAL JOURNAL

HENDERSON, Nev.--(Business Wire)--Leading physicians, transplantation center executives and hospital thought leaders from across the country gathered in Henderson, Nevada, in an attempt to identify and adopt best practices that will increase the utilization of organs that could save the lives of thousands of people currently on the transplantation waiting list. Variations in current practices combined with outdated policies have made the underutilization of these organs one of the most significant challenges facing the transplant industry today.

“Tragically 21 people die every day in the United States waiting for an organ transplant, and the national waiting list currently holds nearly 120,000 names,” said Tom Mone, chief executive officer of OneLegacy and chair of the Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance, which sponsored the event. “It is critical that we identify best practices in organ placement, transplantation and outcomes monitoring in order to reduce and even end deaths on the waitlists.”

The Organ Donation and Transplantation Alliance, commonly known as The Alliance, is a nonprofit organization that carries on the work of the groundbreaking Donation and Transplantation Breakthrough Collaborative that helped increase donation 25 percent. By bringing together leadership from hospitals, transplantation and critical care medicine, as well as organ recovery organizations and associations, The Alliance works to ensure a continued national commitment to increasing organ donation and successful transplantation with the goal of ending deaths of those on transplant waitlists. The Alliance board brings together national leaders from each of the transplantation, hospital, organ recovery and oversight organizations that make donation and transplantation possible. These organizations engage subject-matter experts from their professional communities who identify innovative practices that increase lifesaving transplantation and improve outcomes. Continue reading 

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