Patient Education

Case management and support services

Your patients and their families can contact the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) Office of Patient Advocacy to speak with a case manager, receive information and access other support services.

These services are free. Interpreters are available for those who need information in a language other than English.

• Learn more about NMDP support and resources for patients
• Patients can contact the NMDP Office of Patient Advocacy by phone or e-mail 

To contact the NMDP Office of Patient Advocacy for any of these services, call (888) 999-6743 (toll free within the United States) or (612) 627-8140 or e-mail opaservices@nmdp.org.

Printed patient education materials

You and your patients can order free printed NMDP materials in various languages using an online order form or by calling the Office of Patient Advocacy at the numbers above.

 

Online patient education

Many patient education resources are available on this Web site in the Patient Resources section, including:

• Disease and treatment information
• The basics of bone marrow or cord blood transplants
• A step-by-step description of the search process
• Tips on planning for transplant 
• Planning for life after transplant
• Information for parents of children undergoing a transplant
• Information about the need for a caregiver

Online patient tools and support resources

• MatchView^® — patients can see the number of potential donors and cord blood units they may have on the Be The Match^SM Registry. For more information, see the MatchView Physician Information.
• Indirect expenses planning tool — patients can create a personalized financial report that combines estimated indirect transplant costs and household expenses
• Directory of helpful organizations — patients can search by category for resources that match their needs