WEEKLY UPDATE: 06/20/24
CHA awarded Hartford Hospital the 2024 John D. Thompson Award for Excellence in the Delivery of Healthcare Through the Use of Data for its Adult Kidney Transplant Program. Hartford Hospital was presented with the prestigious award at the 2024 CHA Annual Meeting that took place on June 13, 2024 at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville.
Hartford Hospital’s Adult Kidney Transplant Program has reimagined the hospital’s approach to kidney transplant waitlist management, organ acceptance, and post-transplant care. Through review of data and assessment of protocols, the hospital achieved the best-observed patient outcomes for one-year kidney allograft survival of all kidney transplant programs in the United States (as reported by the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients). The team’s work resulted in increasing rates of kidney transplant and improved quality metrics, even as additional challenges to transplants in Connecticut increased.
“I am so proud of our team for their continued high performance and successful outcomes in kidney graft survival rates, setting the standard for excellence in healthcare,” said Bimal Patel, President, Hartford Hospital & Hartford Region. “This extraordinary accomplishment and remarkable success would not be possible without the dedication and expertise of the entire kidney transplant team. What makes this team even more inspiring is the level of commitment that goes well beyond providing world-class healthcare to patients. We have had a transplant coordinator, nurses and many other colleagues who have elected to become kidney donors – saving the lives of strangers across the country. This team truly exemplifies excellence and compassion – it is who we are and what we stand for – it is our mission.”
“It’s an honor to present this award in recognition of the innovative and high-quality care provided by Hartford Hospital that has changed lives and saved lives,” said Jennifer Jackson, CEO, CHA. “This program shows how a team can use data to support innovative and creative solutions to improve care, and increase access to healthcare. We applaud the team for their exceptional achievements in increasing transplant rates, improving patient outcomes, and giving new life to their patients.”
By using the Kidney Offer Acceptance tool to review organs that were accepted or declined coupled with post-transplant outcomes, the hospital was able to determine if organs with potential higher risk for worse patient and allograft survival (i.e., deceased donors from older donors, donors with medical or surgical risk factors) resulted in poorer outcomes for patients. This enabled the hospital to tailor offer acceptance to individual patients and improve outcomes.
The John D. Thompson Award was established in 1994 to honor the contributions made by John D. Thompson to healthcare administration and patient care quality during his career. Recipients are selected based on how the hospital or healthcare system successfully improved patient care due to a modification in process as substantiated through the use of data.
Read more here. Learn more about the program by watching the award recognition video here.
