8th Annual Transplant Quality Institute (TQI)

8th Annual Transplant Quality Institute (TQI) is organized by American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation (AFDT) and will be held from Oct 19 - 21, 2022 at Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America.

Objectives:
Following the one-day Foundational Concepts course participants will be able to:
• Describe the essential aspects of transplant rules and regulations, QAPI structure, quality metrics, adverse event management, and QAPI reports
• Discuss specific policies and regulations related to Transplant Quality
• Identify emerging challenges within transplant quality programs

Following the three-day Transplant Quality Institute Conference participants will be able to:
• Discuss current and new initiatives of OPTN/UNOS
• Describe current and new SRTR performance metrics
• Explain the new CMS OPO outcome metrics
• Describe the NASEM report regarding kidney transplants and possible implications for transplant quality
• Describe the impact of broader sharing on transplant programs and OPOs
• Describe efforts to improve quality surveillance and reporting by leveraging EMR technology
• Describe utilization strategies of organs from Covid-19 donors
• Describe how the transplant program could participate in their hospital donation council
• Discuss the implications of broader use of DCD donors
• Describe how the Improving Renal Outcomes Collaborative is driving quality in pediatric kidney transplantation
• Discuss how increasing numbers of value-based care models are impacting transplant programs
• Describe how health care workers can develop resilience

Additional details will be posted as soon as information is available