Jefferson, La.-based Ochsner Transplant Institute recently completed 10,000 organ transplants, an accomplishment that Ari Cohen, MD, attributed to having a strong team that’s invested in the outcomes for patients.
Ochsner’s first strategy for a successful transplant program is having the right team.
“Probably the most important thing the institution has done to support us is invest in a wonderful team,” Dr. Cohen, director of the Transplant Institute at Ochsner Health, told Becker’s. “Having exceptional people is really the core of having a team that can work together and focus on the patient.”
The second strategy is focusing on the right outcomes for patients.
When it comes to patients, the team focuses not just on completing a successful transplant, but ensuring that patient will “lead the life they’re supposed to live. If they can’t do that, that’s not a successful outcome.”
The third strategy is implementing operational changes to improve the transplant care process.
Ochsner implemented two operational strategies to ensure teams are working well together and ensuring patients have quality lives post-transplant.
First, they split teams into smaller units focused on different phases of care. These smaller units within the team maintain their focus on “the right outcome for patients,” he said.
Second, to reduce geographic barriers and financial burden for patients traveling to appointments, the system utilizes multidisciplinary clinics that evaluate the patients together to make the process as efficient as possible.
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