New Mountains to Climb / Back to the Future
District Meeting - Sunday, October 9, 2016
Albany Lions Clubhouse
LIONS EYE BANK OF WISCONSIN - OVERVIEW

FURTHERING OUR MISSION: We ended the most recent fiscal year (June 30, 2016):
    • By serving 1,116 Donor Families (an increase of 38% from the year prior)
    • By Placing 1520 corneas for transplant (376 more than the year prior)
    • Another 245 ocular tissues were placed for research and education

Our in-house Call Center Implementation Project is Underway We currently outsource these services, but feel certain that by bringing this in house, we will not only be able to better serve our hospitals and donor families, but will also improve our communication and work-flow and increase efficiency. This will enable us to serve our donor families and hospitals better, will allow us to clear tissue for transplant faster, and will improve communication with our transporters.

Discussions and progress continues with regards to our new facility. We expect more forward movement over the next few months, once we receive full board approval, and our anticipated timeline to break ground is early Spring of 2017. This new facility will:
    • Provide for better workflow and efficiency with regards to cornea evaluation and processing (preparing the cornea for the surgeons prior to transplant).

We continue to receive quilt squares from our donor families:
Our Donor Quilt Program is designed to both memorialize those who passed away and chosen to be a cornea donor in order to restore sight to those in need as well as to increase community awareness with regards to cornea donation.

Quality and Performance Improvement is our major focus over the next year. Efforts will be focused on revamping our Quality Program as well as our Training Program within LEBW.

We've experienced much change, as well as growth over the past year, and we've simultaneously stepped up the quality of program. Over the past 3 months, we have been inspected by both the:
    • Eye Bank Association of America (EBAA)
    • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Both inspections were very favorable for our organization. We are excited about the future.