Secure, cloud‑based enterprise software that transforms the Hospital‑to‑OPO donor referral process.

The provider of iTransplant®—has modernized the hospital donor referral process by replacing time‑consuming, phone‑based referrals with secure, advanced interoperability.

Using configurable, algorithm‑driven clinical triggers, iReferral automatically identifies appropriate vented and non‑vented referrals within the hospital’s EHR. Bedside nurses and providers can then securely submit referral information electronically to the hospital’s federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) through the iTransplant platform—used by more than 75% of U.S. OPOs.

By enabling timely, accurate referrals, iReferral has helped set new records for organ, tissue, and eye donor referrals and organs recovered for transplant—resulting in more lives saved and enhanced through donation and transplantation.
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iReferral

Secure, cloud‑based enterprise software that transforms the Hospital‑to‑OPO donor referral process.

The provider of iTransplant®—has modernized the hospital donor referral process by replacing time‑consuming, phone‑based referrals with secure, advanced interoperability.

Using configurable, algorithm‑driven clinical triggers, iReferral automatically identifies appropriate vented and non‑vented referrals within the hospital’s EHR. Bedside nurses and providers can then securely submit referral information electronically to the hospital’s federally designated Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) through the iTransplant platform—used by more than 75% of U.S. OPOs.

By enabling timely, accurate referrals, iReferral has helped set new records for organ, tissue, and eye donor referrals and organs recovered for transplant—resulting in more lives saved and enhanced through donation and transplantation.

Benefits:

  • Save Time on Every Referral
    Structured EHR data delivery eliminates manual entry and improves accuracy, while automating the referral process to cut average referral time by 20 minutes—giving back to date more than 10,000 hours to nurses at the bedside that would have otherwise been spent on the phone.
  • Support Regulatory Compliance
    To meet the Conditions of Participation (42 CFR 482.45) and ensure all ventilated and non-ventilated referrals are identified promptly and appropriately, automated electronic referrals triggered directly by hospital EHR data enable real-time detection and deliver immediate notification of potential donors to the OPO. Automatic alerts ensure referrals are received, reviewed, and acted upon without delay.
  • Save and Enhance More Lives
    Automated identification of potential donors at the earliest appropriate point in care with secure electronic delivery to the OPO’s iTransplant system—expediting the referral and evaluation process—has proven to increase donor referrals, organ recovery and transplants, and ultimately save more lives.

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“Lifebanc is pleased to have been among the first users of the iReferral technology that enables hospitals to send electronic referrals directly to the Organ Procurement Organization. This cutting-edge technology has helped us and the hospitals streamline processes and devote more to the patients, donors and recipients.”

— Gordon Bowen, CEO, Lifebanc

Quick information exchange for life-saving decisions.

Eliminate referral phone calls. Save hours of staff time.

During an initial referral phone call, nursing and provider staff take an average of 20 minutes to read chart information from the EHR to staff at the organ donation agency, who manually re-enter the data into their iTransplant system. iReferral automates this process and reduces the time from 20 minutes to five seconds.

iReferral electronically transmits referral information to the organ donation agency’s iTransplant system automatically – eliminating the initial referral phone call, alleviating staff overload, and saving hours of time every month. Upon receiving the referral data, iTransplant automatically opens and populates a new referral case without manual data entry.

Identify every potential donor opportunity for immediate case evaluation.

iReferral automatically identifies and electronically delivers every potential donor that meets predetermined criteria for immediate case evaluation by the organ donation agency.

Where deployed, iReferral has been demonstrated to increase the number of potential organ referrals, the number of organs, tissues, and corneas recovered, and the number of successful transplants.
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Maintain compliance with timely referrals.

Timely referrals are pivotal to maintain compliance in the donation-transplant community. iReferral supports compliance by providing clinical staff with confirmation via the patient’s MRN from the donation organization. This ensures adherence to regulatory standards.

Referral ID numbers, generated by the donation organization’s iTransplant System, are transferred to the respective hospital or medical examiner EMR system. This seamless integration fortifies regulatory compliance.

iReferral for hospitals, medical examiners, and coroners.

Having the right resources matters when seconds count. Effective organ, tissue, or corneal transplants rely on quick, efficient information exchanges, fostering immediate collaboration and synchronization between donation organizations, donor hospital teams, medical examiners, and coroners.

iReferral connects this community, automating the donor referral process, liberating hospital, medical examiner, and coroner resources. The system automatically identifies all potential tissue and eye donors, and instantly delivers donor referrals to the donation agency’s iTransplant system. This streamlined process helps increase and expedite donation and transplantation outcomes.
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“Lifebanc is pleased to have been among the first users of the iReferral technology that enables hospitals to send electronic referrals directly to the Organ Procurement Organization. This cutting-edge technology has helped us and the hospitals streamline processes and devote more to the patients, donors and recipients.”

— Gordon Bowen, CEO, Lifebanc

iReferral® is currently live or being deployed in more than 650 U.S. hospitals and over 120 hospitals across Canada.

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