Effectiveness and efficiency of teleimaging in the transplantation process: a mixed method protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The transplantation process usually takes place without transplant teams being able to use imaging data to assess graft quality. The decision of whether to go get the graft or not is therefore limited and suboptimal. "Cristal images" is a teleimaging project allowing real-time visualization of images of the organs of the donor. The objective of our study is to assess whether the use of a secure teleimaging can improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the procurement and transplantation processes.

Methods

We will use the exhaustive national registry of organ allocation and transplantation, and compare outcomes before the deployment of "Cristal images" (years 2015-2016) and after it becomes operational (years 2018-2019) for heart, lung, liver and kidney transplan

SUBMITTER: Zarca K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751873 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature