Cook Children’s Medical Center and LifeGift: Senior Leadership Matters Laurie Patterson RN Nurse Manager PICU Cook Children’s Medical Center

282 beds, 2430 employees 2136 patients served each month 2 Intensive Care Units: – 33 bed PICU (including Cardiac Intensive Care) – 54 bed NICU Service area: Western half of Texas; referrals from 27 states last year. Kidney transplant program

Cook Childrens Medical Center Level 2 Trauma Center 85,271 pediatric E.R. visits and trauma patients served last year Helicopter and fixed wing transport

Senior Leadership Support Senior leaders set the tone and the stage for donation within the hospital. –Set expectations for hospital performance (conversion rate) –Assume joint accountability with OPO for results –Maintain contact with OPO executive leadership –Provide the leadership to ensure best practices are implemented

Cook Childrens/LifeGift Collaboration We respect the OPO’s mandate to maximize donation. We jointly serve donor families and children awaiting transplantation. Formed close relationships throughout many levels of the hospital and LifeGift: leadership, clinicians, public relations. Actively involved in the board level of LifeGift.

CCMC Timely Notification Rate Imminent Deaths

CCMC Conversion Rate

Future for Cook Children’s Medical Center and Organ Donation Our challenge is to: 1. Reach for our next benchmark: 90% conversion rate.