Association of Transit Time With Cold Ischemic Time in Kidney Transplantation.

This cross-sectional study examines the association between transit time and cold ischemic time for adult, deceased kidney transplant donors.

Are Online Patient Reviews Associated With Health Care Outcomes? A Systematic Review of the Literature.

Although online patient reviews (OPRs) are ubiquitous, there has been debate about whether OPRs are associated with measures of health care outcomes. The majority of patients search for online information about a hospital or provider before scheduling an encounter, therefore, the extent to which OPRs are valid information is important. We conducted a systematic review of the literature to examine the extent to which OPRs are associated with measures of patient experience, clinical quality, and other outcomes.

Can donor narratives yield insights? A natural language processing proof of concept to facilitate kidney allocation.

Although expedited placement could ameliorate stagnant kidney utilization, precisely identifying difficult-to-place organs is crucial to mitigate potential harms associated with this policy. Existing algorithms have only leveraged structured data from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN); however, detailed, free text case information about a donor exists. No known research exists about the utility of these data.

Longitudinal Clustering of High-cost Patients' Spend Trajectories:Delineating Individual Behaviors from Aggregate Trends.

For the past decade, there has been a concerted effort to fulfill the promises of the Triple Aim-improving patient experience and quality while lowering costs by focusing on high-cost patients via Care Management. Despite the well-known fact that high-cost patients make up roughly half of all annual medical expenses, little has been studied about high-cost patients' cost trajectories. This paper focuses on the trajectory patterns for high-cost Medicare patients, which provides another dimension to understanding optimal program intervention.