Deaconess Health Launches Mobile Organ Donation Tool After Recipient’s 2021 liver transplant
USA: Deaconess Health is promoting a new mobile organ donation registration tool that officials say is already proving useful in expanding donor sign-ups. The system is described as an additional, convenient option that lets patients register through the hospital’s MyChart patient portal, online, or via an app, with a link also provided to Donate Life America on the hospital website.
The story centers on a woman who battled an autoimmune liver disease for nearly a decade and received a liver transplant in 2021. After the operation she reached out and formed an unexpected, meaningful connection with the donor’s family. She acknowledged the grief behind the gift and the complex emotions that accompany receiving a transplanted organ, while also describing the donation as life-changing for her household.
Now working in organ and tissue donation after 21 years in the healthcare field, the recipient is helping to encourage others to register. She frames registration as a simple, everyday chance to give life, urging people not to be afraid to sign up and noting that families often would want that option available to others. She also credited the transplant with practical and personal benefits for her family, saying it has allowed loved ones to continue their lives and pursue activities such as travel.
Hospital officials emphasize the new tool’s accessibility, saying it places donor registration “in the palm of their hands” and serves as an extra pathway to increase registrations and facilitate more transplants. The account links a real patient’s 2021 liver transplant and subsequent advocacy to the institution’s efforts to make registration easier and more widely available.
