Improving Transplant Coordination
The ESRD Network program supports the national focus to improve transplant coordination. Our goal is to improve kidney health by having at least 80 percent of new ESRD patients either receiving dialysis at home or a kidney transplant by the year 2025. Our Networks work with dialysis facilities to enact this change. By collaborating with transplant centers and dialysis facilities, our Networks will establish interventions that will aid in overcoming barriers and improve communication.
About Transplant
Transplant is one of several renal replacement therapy options that offers the opportunity for better clinical outcomes with reduced mortality and morbidity and improvement quality of life.
Five Steps Towards Transplant:
- Interest in transplantation
- Referral call is made to a transplant center
- First visit to a transplant center
- Transplant center work-up
- On waiting list or evaluate living donor
Tools & Resources
Transplant Change Package
Transplant Toolkit
- Maintain Your Patients’ Active Status on the Transplant Waitlist with Monthly Blood Samples - FAQ and Best Practices: Provider Handout
- How CMS Goals, Payment Models, and Quality Incentive Plans Align to Promote Transplant and Home Modalities: Provider Handout
- Tips for Positive Transplant Referral Outcomes: Frequently Asked Questions: Provider Handout
- Wait Less - Shorten Your Wait for a Kidney Transplant: Patient Handout
- Help Your Patients Reduce the Wait for a Kidney Transplant: Provider Handout
- Is a Kidney Transplant Right for Me?: Guide
- 11 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for a Kidney Transplant During COVID-19 Flyer: English|Spanish
- Transplant Tracking: Tool
- Do you know all of your treatment options? Kidney Transplantation Brochure: English
- Do you know all of your treatment options? Kidney Transplantation Brochure: Spanish
- Transplant Word Search: Patient Handout
- Transplant Interest Form English: Network 1|Network 2|Network 6|Network 9
- Transplant Interest Form Spanish: Network 1|Network 2|Network 6|Network 9
- Transplant Center Referral Guide English: Network 1|Network 2|Network 6|Network 9
- Transplant Center Referral Guide Spanish: Network 1|Network 2|Network 6|Network 9
- Transplant Re-evaluation Tool: Flow Chart
- Transplant Work-Up Appointments: Checklist and Glossary
- Transplant Celebration: Poster
Webinars, Videos, and LAN Calls
- Optimizing Telehealth for a Kidney Transplant: Slides|Recording
- 11 Things You Can Do to Get Ready for a Kidney Transplant during COVID-19: Video
- Understanding High-KDPI and Increased Risk Kidneys: Video
- Myths and Realities about Treatment Options: Slides|Recording
- National Living Donor Assistance Center Webinar: Slides|Recording
- Considerations for the Utilization of High KDPI Kidneys: Slides|Recording
Patient Education
- Is a kidney transplant right for me? Transplant Process: Guide
- ESRD Forum - Is a Kidney Transplant Right for Me? Toolkit
- ESRD Forum - Is a Kidney Transplant Right for Me? Video
- Get the Facts: Kidney Transplantation: Handout
- Partnering Along the Road to Transplant: Handout
- Turning Negatives into Positives: Why Transplant is a Good Idea for Me!: Handout
- The Road to Transplant - Tips to Consider: Brochure
- Transplant Medication Resources
- Your Life, Your Choice - Stories from Kidney Transplant Patients and Donors: Booklet
- Intro. to Dialysis - Questions to Help With Your Treatment Choices: English|Spanish
- Intro. to Dialysis - Questions to Get You Started: English|Spanish
- Living Donor Transplant - Your Best Option: Handout
Transplant 101
- What is a Kidney Transplant?: English|Spanish
- What is a Kidney Transplant Center?: English|Spanish
- Meet the Members of the Transplant Team: English|Spanish
- Types of Kidney Donors: English|Spanish
- The Kidney Transplant Surgery: English|Spanish
- Post-Transplant Kidney Diet: English|Spanish
- How Much Does a Kidney Transplant Cost?: English|Spanish
- Questions and Answers for Transplant Candidates about Kidney Allocation: Guide
- Multiple Listing and Waiting Time Transfer: FAQ
- How to Find a Living Donor - Make Your Transplant Happen: Guide
- Living Donation - Information You Need to Know: Guide
- I have a living donor who doesn't match, what can I do?: Guide
- What Every Patient Needs to Know About Transplantation: Guide
- Kidney Transplant Evaluation and Listing: FAQ