Transplant 101: Helping Patients Navigate the Complexity of the Kidney Transplant Waitlist.

Patients in need of a kidney transplant have the option of receiving a kidney from a living donor or a deceased donor. Patients in the United States who do not have an available living donor typically wait on the deceased donor waiting list for an average of three to five years, although some patients may wait longer. The waiting list is very complex and intended to allocate kidneys in a fair and equitable manner.

U.S. Organ Transplantation System - Its History, Present, and Future.

The U.S. Organ Transplantation System is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration, a division of the U.

Evaluation of a shared decision-making intervention for pediatric patients with asthma in the emergency department.

Background: Asthma is a difficult-to-manage chronic disease marked with associated outcome disparities including an increase rate of emergency department (ED) visits for uncontrolled asthma among patients who are most at-risk. Shared decision making (SDM) is a process by which the patient and provider jointly make a healthcare choice. SDM improves patient outcomes; however, implementation barriers of time constraints and staff availability are limitations.

Understanding the Changes to the National Deceased Donor Allocation System.

The national deceased donor kidney allocation system has not been changed since 1986. After many years of study and collaboration, a new policy to revise the system goes into effect on December 4, 2014. This new system is intended to increase access to kidney transplantation and improve the overall success rates.