Agenda
Day 1—May 16, 2012
7:45 -8:15 am Registration and Breakfast
8:15 – 8:30 am Welcome and Workshop Overview
Jennifer Milton
Clinical Administrative Director
University Hospital, San Antonio, TX
8:30 -9:00 am What is UNOS? It’s Not the Pizzeria.
Joel Newman, Assistant Director of UNOS Communications will walk you through the history of UNOS and explain how it relates to your center and other professional transplant organizations.
Topics include:
· Organizations like OPTN/HRSA/SRTR/CMS/DLA/Tii/CTEX and how they interact.
· Role and function of the OPTN contractor.
· How the OPTN has changed and evolved since its beginnings.
· Finances, funding.
Joel Newman
Assistant Director, UNOS Communications
9:00 – 9:25 am What is the OPTN?
Brian Shepard, the official liaison between UNOS and our government contractor, the Health Services Resources Administration (HRSA) ,will map out how the OPTN is organized, explain the board and committee structure and introduce the roles of UNOS regional administrators, regional councilors, and UNOS representatives. You’ll also meet the UNOS administrator for your region.
Brian Shepard
Assistant Executive Director for Contract Operations
OPTN Project Director
9:25 – 9:35 am Break
9:35 – 11:30 Ensuring Patient Safety
With an increasing focus on patient safety, a number of UNOS departments are working together on different aspects. In this talk they explain your role and responsibilities in ensuring patient safety.
Rebecca Anderson
Director
Department of Evaluation and Quality
Leonard J. Carinci
Supervisor, Allocation Analysis
Department of Evaluation and Quality
Shandie Covington
Patient Safety Coordinator
Liaison, Ad Hoc Disease Transmission Advisory Committee
David M. Kappus
Director
Membership Department
Community Best Practice
11:30 – 11:50 am Where it is on the Web
Learn how to find what you need on the UNOS, OPTN, and Transplant Living websites. A UNOS Communications Specialist will walk you through some of the features most useful to members.
Anne Paschke
Media Relations Specialist
Communications Department
11:50 – 12:20 pm Lunch
12:20 – 12:35 Donate Life America and You
Melissa Devenny
Assistant Director
Donate Life America
12:35 – 1:50 pm Interactive Session One
1:50 – 2:50 pm How Transplant Policies are Born
If the concept of policy making leaves you dumbfounded, our policy analysts will help clear it up for you. UNOS staff will trace an actual recent policy from conception through implementation and explain the process, step-by-step.
Topics include:
· The role of the public comment process
· IT implications and implementation
· Board approval
· Communicating policies to members
Ann Harper
SAS Analyst II
UNOS Research Department
Chad Waller
Policy Analyst
UNOS Policy Department
2:50 – 3:20 pm Packaging and Labeling of Organs and Vessels? What’s so difficult about it?
Lori Brigham
Chair, OPTN/UNOS Organ Procurement Organization Committee
3:20 - 3:30 pm Sugar Break
3:30 – 4:30 pm Organ Allocation -- How it Works for the Other Organs
UNOS staff from our DEQ and OC department will review basic matching and organ recipient screening procedures as well as what the regional review board is and when it comes into play. This is primarily designed to increase participants’ general organ allocation knowledge, particularly for organ systems they may not be familiar with.
You’ll also better understand the following organ-specific issues:
· KI-waiting time, sensitization, 0mm, payback
· PA/KP – waiting time, 0mm, facilitated pancreas
· HR – medical urgency, review board, zones
· LU – net benefit vs. mortality (LAS), review board
· HL – listings, allocation
· LI – MELD/PELD, status 1s, review board, HCC
· IN – LI/IN sharing (peds) med urgency
· Basic definitions and common policy questions
· Matching and screening
· Directed donation – review
· Multi-organ – Case Studies (required vs. voluntary sharing, listings)
Lori Gore
Review Board Coordinator
Department of Evaluation and Quality
Ellie Willard
Organ Center Supervisor
4:30 – 5:45 pm Interactive Session Two
5:45 – 6:00 pm Closing Remarks
6:00 – 6:30 pm Networking Reception
Relax in our lobby with a drink and light refreshments and talk with your fellow participants.
Day 2 – Thursday, May 17, 2012
7:30- 8:00 am Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10 am Q & A with UNOS Executive Director, Walter Graham
8:10- 8:40 am The State of UNOS
Charles Alexander
OPTN/UNOS Past President, Board of Directors
8:40 – 9:10 am Membership in the OPTN—It’s An Exclusive Club
UNOS staff from the Membership Department will answer your most frequently asked questions about the membership application process and explain how the system works.
Topics include:
· Personnel changes (primary surgeon/physician requirements; approval pathways; required positions)
· What new members/programs need to do.
· Requirements for OPOs and Labs
· How to close your program or inactivate your status
Rosey Adorno
Membership Coordinator, Regions 3, 4 & 11
UNOS Membership Department
9:10 – 10:10 am Transplant Center Concurrent Session
I’m Scheduled for a Site Survey. Now what?
UNOS staff will explain what’s involved in a site survey and how you can help them find what they need.
Cynthia Coleman
Policy Analyst
Department of Evaluation and Quality
Amy L. Putnam
Survey Services Manager
Department of Evaluation and Quality
Diana W. Marsh
Site Surveyor Supervisor, Living Donor Surveys
UNOS Department of Evaluation and Quality
OPO Concurrent Session
Data and more data…where does it go?
OPOs are required to provide donor data to the OPTN and submit it in a timely manner. Why is this necessary? What do you get back? A UNOS statistician will explain what happens to the information you submit through UNetsm. You’ll learn how to build data reports, how to use DSA dashboards and more.
Risk Adjusted OPO Performance Metrics. How are They Used?
With primary emphasis on performance improvement, the goal of OPO performance metrics is to assess the effectiveness of individual OPO/DSAs on key measures of organ recovery and utilization. You’ll learn why these metrics are important.
John Rosendale
Biostatistician/Senior Performance Analyst
UNOS Research
10:10 – 10:20 am Break
10:20 – 10:45 am A Close-up Look at the Membership and Professional Standards Committee (MPSC)
Do you have any idea what MPSC committee members do at meetings? Would you know what to do if you were called for an interview? Hear from UNOS staffers about how the MPSC is organized, what tasks the members perform, and what you can expect if you are called to a meeting.
Sally Aungier
Administrator
UNOS Membership Department
10:45 - 12:00 pm Interactive Session Three
12:00 – 12:15 pm Parking Lot Session
12:15 – 1:00 pm UNOS Staff Meet and Greet Lunch
1:00 – 1:20 pm The Art of Transplant Administration
Jennifer Milton
Clinical Administrative Director
University Hospital, San Antonio, TX
1:20– 2:20 pm Transplant Center Concurrent Session
Data and more data…where does it go?
You’re required to complete multiple forms containing donor and recipient data and submit them in a timely manner. Why is this necessary? What do you get back? A UNOS statistician will explain what happens to the information you submit through UNetsm. You’ll learn how to build your own reports; how we look at your data and how you can make your data better.
Sarah Taranto
SAS Analyst II
UNOS Research Department
Performance Analysis & Improvement—What does it mean for you?
Learn exactly how the MPSC monitors transplant program performance; what you can expect at your center and what is expected of you.
Heather Neil
Performance Analyst Manager
UNOS Membership Department
OPO Specific Concurrent Session
I’m Scheduled for an OPO Site Survey. Now what?
Cynthia Coleman
Policy Analyst
Department of Evaluation and Quality
Amy L. Putnam
Survey Services Manager
Department of Evaluation and Quality
Tiffany Lord
OPO Site Surveyor
UNOS Department of Evaluation and Quality
2:20 – 2:35 pm PM Parking Lot and Closing Remarks
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