Category Archives: Living Organ Donation

Yet More March-April Events

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March 27, 2024: Medicaid/CHIPS Renewal Webinar on Recently Released Guidance and Resources for Partners. Note date revised from March 20, 2024. If your organization serves or interfaces with people that have health insurance through Medicaid or CHIP then this call is for YOU. Register at https://cms.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_qma5AvyBQWCTB0vbNF3lTA. Send questions to PARTNERSHIP@cms.hhs.gov.

April 4, 2024: My Employment Options Webinar on Resumes that Get You Hired. Find details and registration at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wGjhcVlxQpaH35d3ODLnaA#/registration.

April is National Donate Life Month, including Living Donor Day April 3, Blue and Green Spirit Week April 6-12, Blue and Green Day April 12, Donor Appreciation Week April 8-12, Volunteer Appreciation Week April 15-19, Pediatric Transplant Week April 21-27, and Transplant Professionals Day April 24. Find more information, daily events, and Celebration/Promotion materials at https://www.donatelifenw.org/national-donate-life-month.

KDIGO has announced the publication of its 2024 Clinical Practice Guideline for CKD. Find more information and download from https://www.kidney-international.org/article/S0085-2538(23)00766-4/fulltext.

EQRS has announced modification of the Dialysis Facility Transplant Waitlist Dashboard to include a new column for Inactive Reason for temporarily inactive transplant candidates. For details see https://mycrownweb.org/2024/03/dialysis-facility-transplant-waitlist-dashboard-update-new-inactive-reason-column-added/.

March Events and Notices

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March 6, 2024: Quality Counts, Safety Matters: Prioritizing Patient Safety Through Quality Measurement webinar presented by AHRQ, CDC, CMS, and VHA, 9am PDT. Register at https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_VvIWfiWITNuOhxfx5TpuyQ#/registration.

March 9 and 16, 2024: Donate Life Northwest workshop for waitlisted patients and support persons on how to Find a Living Donor (2 sessions, one workshop). Find details and a registration link at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=10050&id=10050.

March 10-16, 2024: Patient Safety Awareness Week, the Center for Patient Safety provides more information and offers a free Tool Kit at https://www.centerforpatientsafety.org/patient-safety-awareness-week-psaw.

March 12, 2024: Donate Life NW New Ambassador Orientation: Online, details and registration at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=10079&id=10079.

March 14, 2024: Donate Life Community Partner Webinar with NW Kidney Kids, Online, details and registration at https:www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=10102&id=10102.

March 21, 2024: Quality Counts, Safety Matters: Prioritizing Patient Safety Through Quality Measurement webinar presented by AHRQ, CDC, CMS, and VHA, 11am PDT. Repeat of March 6 webinar. Register at https://www.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_R9TrgY9hTg6H91ONvzYxwA#/registration.

8/1+ Upcoming Events

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4/20+ April-May Events

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April 20, 2023: HDU and partners will present a webinar entitled Dialysis at Home – Lets Talk About It: On The Road with Travel Tips from Dialyzors. For more information and registration, see https://www.homedialyzorsunited.org/so/1cOTsGq31?languageTag=en&cid=2d384607-f0a3-44a5-bc68-25cb9ebc61f8.

April 20, 2023: NKF and the Hispanic Team at UCHealth in Denver are collaborating to provide:

  • An April 20, 2023 in-person Big Ask/Big Give Finding a Living Donor workshop in Spanish, LA PREGUNTA MAS GRANDE: LA DONACIÓN, in Aurora CO. For details, see the first flyer below. Please RSVP to 720-848-8844.
  • Live streaming and call-in are also available; for these see the second flyer below. For streaming, use this link with Meeting ID 230 562 055 261 and Passcode E7CRvc. For call-in, use 720-724-7119 and ID 515 231 975.
  • The second flyer also includes the dates of additional meetings of the UCHealth Spanish-Language Patient Support Group: June 22, August 24, October 26, and December 14. For more information about the Support Group, call 720-848-8844.

May 1, 2023: UCLA CORE Kidney Program will present a webianr on Bone Health: What a Kidney Patient Should Know. See the third flyer below. Find more information and register at https://www.uclahealth.org/events/chat-with-dr-anjay-rastogi-and-core-kidney-team. Additional programs are planned for June 1 and July 1, 2023.

May 10, 2023: Webinar on the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning and Healthcare System Resilience – see https://nwrnbulletins.wordpress.com/2023/03/16/5-10-webinar-on-earthquake-early-warnings/.

May 21, 2023: Donate Life Northwest celebratory and fundraising Block Party in Portland OR. Get more information, tickets for yourself and others, and the t-shirt – and/or donate – at https://secure.givelively.org/event/donate-life-northwest/2023-donate-life-northwest-s-spring-campaign/block-party-at-luuwit-view-park.

3/9 AAKP Transplant Patient Roundtable

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In conjunction with World Kidney Day, AAKP will present a three-hour online March 9, 2023 National Kidney Patient Consumer Roundtable on Timely Issues Impacting Kidney Transplant Patients, Drug Innovation, and Living Organ Donors. Key discussion topics will include

  • Covid-19: Ongoing Concerns for Immunosuppressed Kidney Transplant Patients as the National Public Health Emergency Ends on May 11th
  • Opportunities and Barriers for Accelerating Innovations in Transplant Therapies and Drugs
  • Issues Impacting Living Organ Donation and Living Donor Protections

Find details and the agenda at https://files.constantcontact.com/3ba3e021401/f2d112c3-de56-4faa-8ae0-fd067bfe70d6.pdf, and register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AAKPRoundtable.