CaroMont’s nurses, leveraging iReferral, can securely submit referrals through a web portal, eliminating the need for manual data entry. Credit: Prostock-studio/Shutterstock.

CaroMont Health, in collaboration with InVita Healthcare Technologies and LifeShare Carolinas, has introduced iReferral, North Carolina’s first electronic organ and tissue donor referral system.

iReferral streamlines the process of notifying organ procurement organisations (OPOs) about potential donors directly from the hospital’s electronic medical records (EMR). It also enhances efficiency and regulatory compliance.

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The technology is designed to replace CaroMont’s previous manual method of referral, which involved time-consuming phone calls to OPOs.

CaroMont Regional Medical Center critical care services director Brian Grieg said: “Providing the latest software and tools to enhance the patient experience ensures CaroMont Health can continue to provide the best care to our community.

“It is critical to seamlessly connect individuals with supportive specialists and this programme expands our ability to provide compassionate care when patients and their families are at their most vulnerable. For organ donation, timing is everything.”

With iReferral, CaroMont’s nurses can stay with their patients while securely submitting referrals through a web portal, eliminating the need for manual data entry and expediting the donation process.

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LifeShare Carolinas chief operating officer Ericka Harrison said: “We are grateful to our partners at CaroMont for their continued dedication to organ, eye, and tissue donation. The decision to implement this new technology highlights the hospital’s commitment to honouring the wishes of those who want to donate organs, eyes, and tissue to save and improve lives.

“CaroMont is the first hospital in LifeShare’s service area to take this huge step toward ensuring that no opportunities for donation are missed.”

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandates that hospitals notify their federally designated OPO of all potential organ, eye, and tissue donors.

With over one hundred thousand Americans awaiting life-saving transplants, the iReferral system directly improves compliance with these federal mandates and aims to increase the number of lives saved.

InVita Healthcare Technologies donation and transplant chief product officer and general manager Wade Liu said: “At InVita we are continuing to launch these interfaces in partnership with OPOs and hospitals across the country in support of revolutionising the organ, eye, and tissue donor referral process.

“As a direct result of each implementation we have seen tremendous outcomes demonstrating improved compliance to federal mandates and more lives saved.”