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Organ transplantation
The medical practice of replacing a patient's failing organ with a healthy one from a donor. Organs transplanted most often are the kidney, heart, lung, liver, and pancreas.
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Organ transplantation
Organ Transplant Breakthrough Collaborative (OTBC)
Health care; Organ transplantation
An extension of the ODBC, the focus is to increase organ utilization. Specifically, the aim of this collaborative is to increase the mean number of recipients transplanted per donor from 3.06 (2004 ...
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
Health care; Organ transplantation
An independent, nonprofit organization that evaluates and accredits health care organizations and programs in the United States including hospitals, nursing homes and home health agencies. The ...
status
Health care; Organ transplantation
An indication of the degree of medical urgency for patients awaiting heart or liver transplants. Examples: status 1A, status 1B, or status 2.
deceased donor
Health care; Organ transplantation
An individual from whom at least one solid organ is recovered or the purpose of transplantation after suffering brain death or cardiac death.
tissue type
Health care; Organ transplantation
An individual's combination of HLA antigens. Matching for tissue type is used in the allocation system for kidney and pancreas transplantation.
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
Health care; Organ transplantation
An insurance plan encompassing a network of health care providers including doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, and other medical facilities and professionals where an individual and his/her employer pay ...
center of excellence
Health care; Organ transplantation
An insurance term for a medical center that will negotiate a discounted price even if that center is not part of the insurance's company's preferred provider network (PPO).
