We Have a Match: My Journey through America's Transplant System

by Raheela Khan MHA, Anthony Stanowski DHA FACHE

Overview

In We Have A Match: My Journey through America's Transplant System, the authors combine their personal and professional experiences to offer their readers the ins and outs of the transplant system. For a transplant patient, this book offers invaluable advice and gives the perspective of a young yet persevering patient who underwent a double kidney and liver transplant. For health administrators, this book includes reflections and advice to help patients as they navigate the often complex and confusing healthcare system. This book is not only a memoir of an emotional experience but connects patients, healthcare providers, and administrators through a powerful and compelling story.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781682223505
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	11/20/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	148
File size:	423 KB

About the Author

Dr. Anthony Stanowski, DHA, FACHE has been in healthcare management for more than thirty years. He is a Vice President for AMS, Inc., Collingswood, New Jersey, an organization that aligns hospitals and physicians through a gainsharing program. Prior to AMS, Anthony was the Vice President of Healthcare Industry Relations for ARAMARK where he implemented an innovative fellowship program in which Raheela participated in 2010-2011. Anthony also held management positions with Thomson Reuters Healthcare Division and several Philadelphia area academic health systems. Anthony serves as a board member on the Bon Secours Baltimore Health System, Baltimore, Maryland, where he chairs the Quality Committee. He is on the American Hospital Association's Committee on Governance. He is Chair-elect of the Board of the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education. He was named a Beryl Institute Scholar for 2013-2014. Anthony holds a doctorate degree in Healthcare Administration from the Medical University of South Carolina. He has graduate degrees from Drexel (Marketing) and Widener (Health Care Administration) Universities and a bachelor's from the University of Pennsylvania (Communications and Psychology). He is board certified in healthcare management as a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Table of Contents

About the Authors 1

Acknowledgements 3

Legal Disclaimer 5

Foreword 7

Welcome 9

Introduction 13

Disbelief 17

Destiny 19

An Unexpected Inspiration 23

A Dual Perspective 27

From Here to Eternity 31

One in a Million 35

Why Me? 39

Trial and Error 43

Desperate Times 47

A Patient's Plight 53

Dreaded Dialysis 57

Switching Roles 61

Embarking on the Journey 65

A Close Call 69

The Moment Arrives 73

The Road to Recovery 79

The Future: Growing Organs 83

Teamwork 87

From Clipboards to Computers 91

My Patient Experience 95

Finances and Health Care Reform 99

The Gift of Life 105

My Hero 111

7 Fundamental Ways to Improve Our Transplant System 115

Conclusion 123

Suggested Resources 125

Bibliography 129