The RaDIANT Health Systems Intervention for Improving Access to Kidney Transplantation
Indiana University
Summary
The overarching goal of the proposed study is to determine whether the addition of structural interventions at the health system level targeting upstream barriers in the transplant process will improve access to transplant evaluation start.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18–80 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria: * Five large transplant centers (Emory Transplant Center and Piedmont Transplant Center in Atlanta, GA; Medical University of SC; Duke University in Durham, NC; and Indiana University in Indianapolis, IN) \~800 referring dialysis center referring to these transplant centers Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals referred, initiating evaluation, and waitlisted at non-participating start centers
Interventions
- OtherPerformance Feedback Reports on Referral and Evaluation Closures
Performance feedback reports will reflect each transplant center's performance related to kidney transplant evaluation initiation and referral closure. These reports aim to help centers understand common reasons why patients do not initiate the evaluation process or failed to proceed beyond the evaluation process, and to identify patterns in referral and evaluation closure practices. Reports will be individualized and distributed quarterly to the transplant center champion by the intervention lead.