The Henry Ford Transplant Institute is one of the busiest and most highly regarded comprehensive, multi-organ transplant centers in the United States. It is recognized locally as well as nationally for the transplantation of heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas and bone marrow. Our transplant survival rates are among the best in the state, as well as significantly above the national averages.
Inpatient Care Patient Satisfaction, January - July 2009
Henry Ford Hospital
Transplant Specialty - Press Ganey Database
Overall
87.9
84.6
Nurse Care
91.5
87.5
Physician Care
91
88.6
How well your pain was controlled
89.1
85.9
Staff included you in treatment plan
87.6
84.3
Outpatient Care Patient Satisfaction, January - July 2009 (compared to health care facilities where there are more than 300 providers)
Henry Ford Hospital
Transplant Specialty - Press Ganey Database
Overall
88.9
90.5
Ease in Getting Appointment
87.4
90.5
Physician Satisfaction
90.4
92.7
January - December 2008
Kidney
Liver
Lung
Heart
Kidney/Pancreas
Pancreas
Number of transplants done with organs from deceased donors
68
111
12
9
4
3
Number of transplants done with organs or partial organs from living donors
30
6
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Average Length of days patient stays in the hospital
6.6
13.9
21.5
15.25
8.3
9
Number of new patients registering for transplants
173
158
17
20
12
4
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients found at ustransplant.org
January - December 2008
Kidney
Liver
Lung
Heart
Kidney/ Pancreas
Pancreas
Actual transplant rate among waitlisted patients
0.24
0.77
0.88
0.8
0.31
0.32
Expected transplant rate among waitlisted patients
0.18
0.36
1.05
1.65
0.37
0.28
Actual mortality while on waitlist
0.07
0.2
0.2
0.17
0.06
0
Expected mortality while on waitlist
0.07
0.2
0.13
0.27
0.07
0.02
Actual Patient survival
92.46
90.94
74.35
80
77.78
75
Expected patient survival
95.1
88.67
81.49
88.68
95.62
N/A
Actual graft survival
86.54
83.53
73.44
80
77.78 (kidney) 61.11 (pancreas)
75
Expected graft survival
91.33
84.83
80.79
88.26
91.68 (kidney) 83.33 (pancreas)
N/A
Graft survival: A portion of living tissue used in the organ or tissue transplantation procedure.
Source: Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients found at ustransplant.org
