How the US Organ Transplant System Works and What to Ask to Improve Your Chances
- The Scientific Registry launched new patient-friendly tools enabling individuals to compare transplant centers nationwide. These resources help patients navigate high-stakes decisions about where to seek care.
- Different transplant hospitals maintain unique criteria for organ acceptance, creating significant disparities. One large study found there's about a 16-fold variation in how quickly a patient will get transplanted at one center versus another, often depending on surgeon experience.
- Patients can search for specific organs and view performance metrics including waiting list survival and transplant speed. For certain organs, a 'personalized decision guide' compares outcomes for patients with similar demographics and medical information.
- Some patients 'double list' at a local hospital and a higher-volume program to increase chances. Dr. Allyson Hart of Minnesota's Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute suggests patients quiz transplant teams, saying "'Hey, there are other centers that do this faster. Help me understand why.'"
- With about 100,000 people on the transplant list at any given time, the system struggles to meet demand despite over 49,000 transplants performed last year. These digital tools offer transparency in a medical landscape experts note contains significant variation in care and outcomes.
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It’s not always patience and luck that get patients off the organ transplant waiting list and into the operating room. Unlike in many areas of medicine, experts say there’s a lot of variation in the U.S. transplant system. Knowing there are differences and what to ask might help. “I had to ask a lot of...
How US Organ Transplant System Works and What to Ask to Improve Your Chances
(AP) — It’s not always patience and luck that get patients off the organ transplant waiting list and into the operating room. Unlike in many areas of medicine, experts say there’s a lot of variation in the U.S. transplant system. Knowing there are differences and what to ask might help. “I had to ask a lot of questions to figure out what it was that I could do to move the needle,” said Katherine Screws of Phoenix, who got a rare intestine transp…
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