{"id":5596,"date":"2022-10-12T07:06:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=5596"},"modified":"2022-10-12T07:08:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:08:37","slug":"the-kidney-transplant-ecosystem-is-ripe-for-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/10\/12\/the-kidney-transplant-ecosystem-is-ripe-for-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5596\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>\u2014 Here are the policies and payment systems that need to change<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/second-opinions\/101161&amp;t=Opinion%20%7C%20The%20Kidney%20Transplant%20Ecosystem%20Is%20Ripe%20for%20Reform\" target=\"_blank\"><br><\/a>For many patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), the treatment that provides the longest and best quality of life is a kidney transplant. Recently, the U.S. transplant system achieved a record milestone, with&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unos.org\/news\/2021-all-time-records-organ-transplants-deceased-donor-donation\/#:~:text=In%202021%2C%2041%2C354%20organ%20transplants,and%20Transplantation%20Network%20under%20federal\" target=\"_blank\">over 40,000 organ transplants<\/a>&nbsp;performed in 2021. Despite this achievement, there are still many more people waiting years for a kidney than there are kidneys available. The transplant ecosystem, while functioning well, could be significantly improved with additional reforms. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/opinion\/second-opinions\/101161?xid=nl_secondopinion_2022-10-11&amp;eun=g2017571d0r\">Read more<\/a> in MedPage Today.<\/p>\n<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"5596\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Loading \u2014 Here are the policies and payment systems that need to change For many patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) or end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), the treatment that &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2022\/10\/12\/the-kidney-transplant-ecosystem-is-ripe-for-reform\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":3832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","_ecp_custom_2":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_format":[],"Dislikes":"","Likes":"","simplefavorites_count":"","views":"1339","post_likes_plusCounter":"1","post_dislikes_plusCounter":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5596"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5598,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5596\/revisions\/5598"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5596"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_format?post=5596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}