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Innovation
New Technology Helps Intermountain Improve Liver Transplants
The OrganOx replicates conditions inside the human body to keep livers viable during the journey from the donor to the...
CMO
Patients Facing Death Are Opting for a Lifesaving Heart Device — But at What Risk?
The manufacturer denied liability in two patient deaths.
CEO
What Each Hospital Leader Wants from the Workforce
Healthcare leaders will showcase strategies and find answers around the most puzzling topic in healthcare: workforce.
CMO
Riverside Health System, UVA Health Form Strategic Alliance
A joint steering committee will identify projects and track the progress of projects.
CMO
Inside the Preventable Deaths That Happened Within a Prominent Transplant Center
James Eason, MD, who earned acclaim by operating on Steve Jobs, led the transplant center named in his honor at...
CMO
Transplant Surgeon: 'I Do Not Believe in a Top-Down Approach'
Pediatric experts from 15 different specialties and departments collaborate to make teen's fourth liver transplant a success.
CMO
Donorcycles: Organ Donations, Transplants Spike During Big Motorcycle Rallies
Researchers urge the transplant community not to 'squander' the opportunity to harvest organs during mass rallies.
CMO
AdventHealth Criticizes Organ Transplant System
"This system has failed many patients awaiting organ transplants due to the lack of oversight and accountability," says one health...
Technology
New Technology Keeps Donor Hearts Beating Longer During Transport
Atrium Health Sanger Heart & Vascular Institute is using a new portable system that increases the time and range of...
CMO
6 Months to Live or Die: How Long Should an Alcoholic Liver Disease Patient Wait for a Transplant?
A widespread practice requires patients with alcoholic liver disease to complete a period of sobriety before they can get on...
HLM Communities
Organ Centers to Transplant Patients: Get a COVID Shot or Move Down on Waitlist
Many transplant programs have chosen to either bar patients who refuse to take the COVID vaccines from receiving transplants, or...
CEO
Congress Cites KHN Investigation in Probe of National Academies
The House probe focuses on conflicts of interest held by members of a committee currently reviewing U.S. organ donation and...