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HRSA Transplant Center Growth and Management Collaborative: Best Practices Evaluation Report - September 2007

     
HRSA Transplant Center Growth and Management Collaborative:
Best Practices Evaluation

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Introduction
Study Design and Methodology
Strategy/Driver 1: Institutional Vision and Commitment
Strategy/Driver 2: Dedicated Team
Strategy/Driver 3: Agressive Clinical Style
Strategy/Driver 4: Patient and Family Centered Care
Strategy/Driver 5: Financial Intelligence
Strategy/Driver 6: Aggressive Management of Performance Outcomes
Implementation Considerations
Conclusions
Appendix A - Change Package Document
Appendix B - List of Expert Panelists
Appendix C - Transplant Center and Program
Acknowledgements
 
Acknowledgements

 

This report was prepared by Clifford Goodman, Jennifer Kuo, Sarah Stout, Adam Schwartz, Amanda Thomas, Christine Tolleris, Terry West, Ayodola Anise, Erin Karnes, and Debbie Faulk of The Lewin Group, as well as Christina Worrall and Umi Chong, consultants to The Lewin Group. The Project Officers were Jade Perdue and Virginia McBride of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Healthcare Systems Bureau, Division of Transplantation (DoT). John Scanlon of JSEA Management Systems and Frank Zampiello of Quality Reality Checks contributed to the analyses of field data that informed this report. Other HRSA contributors include: HRSA Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke and senior staff of HRSA/DoT, including James Burdick, Dennis Wagner, Rich Durbin, Renee Dupee, Chris McLaughlin, and Monica Lin.

The following transplant centers were included in the study:

  • Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN)
  • St. Luke’s Hospital (Mayo Clinic) (Jacksonville, FL)
  • Mayo Clinic (Scottsdale, AZ)
  • Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, OH)
  • The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Hahnemann University Hospital (Philadelphia, PA)
  • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
  • University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (San Francisco, CA)
  • Stanford University (San Francisco, CA)
  • California Pacific Medical Center (San Francisco, CA)
  • Clarian Health – Methodist/Indiana University/Riley (Indianapolis, IN)
  • University of Washington Medical Center (Seattle, WA)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center (New York, NY)
  • New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center (New York, NY)
  • Duke University Medical Center (Durham, NC)

 

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