title: Towards Improving the Transfer of Care of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
abstract: Kidney transplant recipients require specialized medical care and may be at risk for adverse health outcomes when their care is transferred. This document provides opinion-based recommendations to facilitate safe and efficient transfers of care for kidney transplant recipients including minimizing the risk of rejection, avoidance of medication errors, ensuring patient access to immunosuppressant medications, avoidance of lapses in health insurance coverage, and communication of risks of donor disease transmission. The document summarizes information to be included in a medical transfer document and includes suggestions to help the patient establish an optimal therapeutic relationship with their new transplant care team. The document is intended as a starting point towards standardization of transfers of care involving kidney transplant recipients.
authors: Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.|Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Gill
authors: Division of Infectious Disease, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors: A J
authors: AJ
authors: Wright
authors: Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital Transplant Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
authors: F L
authors: FL
authors: Delmonico
authors: Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors: K A
authors: KA
authors: Newell
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D055118:Medication Adherence; D010360:Patient Transfer / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D058996:Quality Improvement; D066027:Transplant Recipients
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents
keywords: compliance/adherence; complication: infectious; complication: malignant; complication: medical/metabolic; complication: surgical/technical; editorial/personal viewpoint; kidney transplantation/nephrology