Initiatives to Improve Organ Donation
- Member of the Health Resource and Service Administration (HRSA) “Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative”
- North Shore University Hospital and Franklin Medical Center were awarded HRSA’s “Medal of Honor” for maintaining a 75% consent rate for donation.
- Service Improvement Coordinating Group for Donation
- Representatives from each hospital meet bi-monthly to share best practices in organ and tissue donation.
- Donor Council.
- A hospital-based group of healthcare professionals who have are committed to donation initiatives.
- Education.
- Ongoing education for physicians, nurses, ancillary hospital staff and the community.
If you have any questions or comments about organ and tissue donation, please send us an e-mail at transplant@nshs.edu.