December, Little Rock, Arkansas The Arkansas Regional Organ Recovery Agency (ARORA) is at the forefront of saving lives through organ and tissue donation. With daily access to SHARE, Arkansas’s statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE), ARORA has transformed its workflows, creating a streamlined, efficient process that enhances the quality and timeliness of care for patients awaiting life-saving transplants.
Streamlined Processes with Real-Time Data Access
ARORA staff leverage SHARE HIE daily to obtain real-time clinical results on potential organ, tissue, and eye donors. By accessing SHARE’s Virtual Health Record (VHR), ARORA can quickly review comprehensive medical histories, lab results, and current diagnoses, which are crucial for assessing donor eligibility and ensuring compatibility with recipients. This instantaneous access eliminates lengthy back-and-forth communications with individual hospitals and specialists, saving valuable time and resources, and accelerating decision-making in critical, time-sensitive situations.
Enhanced Coordination Across Providers
With access to SHARE, ARORA collaborates seamlessly with hospitals, surgical teams, and transplant centers throughout Arkansas. When a donor is identified, SHARE enables quick and secure information sharing with all necessary medical professionals, ensuring everyone involved has the latest clinical data. This cohesive flow of information allows ARORA to ensure that organ recoveries and transplant procedures proceed smoothly, minimizing delays and enhancing the safety and efficiency of the process.
“By leveraging SHARE HIE, we’ve significantly enhanced our coordination with healthcare providers,” adds Amelia Nabholz, Director of Hospital Development at ARORA. “This seamless information flow ensures that every potential donor’s gift is honored efficiently and respectfully, providing comfort to donor families and hope to recipients.”
“Our collaboration with SHARE HIE has been transformative,” says Jeremy Lemmons, Manager of Hospital Development at ARORA. “The real-time access to comprehensive patient data enables us to make swift, informed decisions, ultimately saving more lives through timely organ and tissue donations.”
Improved Outcomes for Recipients and Donors’ Families
Thanks to streamlined processes and real-time data access through SHARE HIE, ARORA has seen significant improvements in the overall success rates of transplants. Faster access to critical information enables better matching of organs with recipients who are in optimal condition to receive them, improving the chances of successful transplantation and long-term health outcomes. Moreover, ARORA can offer reassurance to donors’ families that the process is conducted with the utmost care and professionalism, honoring their loved ones’ wishes in a meaningful way.
Through its access to SHARE HIE, ARORA has not only improved operational efficiency but also elevated the quality of life for organ recipients across Arkansas. By streamlining processes and ensuring timely, accurate data access, ARORA showcases the transformative impact of health information exchange in life-saving medical care.
About ARORA: What They Do and Why
ARORA is a team of nurses, physicians, medical technicians, social workers and administrators orchestrating the amazing medical miracle of the recovery of organs, tissue and eyes for transplantation.
For hundreds of organ transplant recipients each year, ARORA is a bridge to new life. For thousands of tissue transplant recipients every year, ARORA is an agent of restored sight, mobility, ability and freedom from pain. And for families of thousands of organ and tissue donors, ARORA is an agent of healing and meaning.
Learn More: https://arora.org/
