OHSU heart transplant review set to begin


About three months after Oregon Health & Science University suspended its Heart Transplant Program indefinitely, an outside peer review is scheduled to begin on Monday.

The peer review and assessment of the transplant program and Knight Cardiovascular Institute are “privileged, confidential and exempt from public disclosure,” although OHSU will share updates with the public, said spokeswoman Tamara Hargens-Bradley.

The health care profession often uses independent peer review to allow team…

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