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Patient Affairs Committee

Clarifying process for individual wait time transfer calculations post-public comments, effective Sept 1, 2015, without changing existing policies. Informative resource distributed by UNOS, available online. Developing outreach plan for increased community participation. Contact committee chairs for queries.

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Patient Affairs Committee

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  1. Patient Affairs Committee Fall 2015

  2. Clarify Policy Language and Process for Individual Wait Time (WT) Transfer • Clarify process for individual WT transfer and define calculations • Minor post-public comment modifications • Board approved: June 1, 2015 • Does not change existing process • Implementation date: Sept 1, 2015

  3. What Every Patient Needs to Know • Resource for patients and families • UNOS distributed 20,000 copies in 2014 • Updated in June 2015 • Available at the UNOS Online Store: http://store.unos.org

  4. Increase Community Participation in Public Comment • Develop and implement outreach strategy to increase awareness of public comment • New efforts during Aug-Oct 2015 public comment: • Advertise in transplant hospitals, dialysis and rehab centers • Communicate with patients and advocates through social media

  5. Questions? Kristie Lemmon, MBA Committee Chair kristie.lemmon@gmail.com Christine Flavin, MPH Committee Liaison christine.flavin@unos.org

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