UNOS' unique transplantation information technology continues to help advance the science of saving lives through organ transplantation. Our technology services include:

• developing and programming new and enhanced transplantation information applications
• testing those applications to ensure reliability and usability
• collecting data on every organ transplant-related event in the U.S. using those applications
• matching organs with patients on the wait list
• educating the public through publication of data and analyses
• creating and managing Web sites for UNOS, the OPTN, and contracted corporate sites
  
  

UNet^SM--New Technology for Transplantation

UNet^SM is the secure Internet-based transplant information database created by UNOS for the nation's organ transplant centers and OPOs to register patients for transplants, match donated organs to transplant candidates and manage the critical data of all patients. This computer network is accessible 24 hours a day, every day of the year.

UNet is used by the nation's organ transplant programs, organ procurement organizations and histocompatibility (tissue matching) laboratories that work cooperatively to efficiently share a limited number of donated organs among thousands of patients.

While access to UNet is reserved for registered transplant professional members of UNOS, much of the data is available to the general public in report format. Data not available to the public--confidential medical and personal information--is rigorously protected. Learn more

This massive technological undertaking has a very human goal: to make the most of every donated organ, and to work quickly so that these precious gifts of life reach patients in time.

UNOS Technology at Work

UNOS employs a development staff of highly-skilled developers, network and systems administrators and desktop personnel. Due to the critical nature of transplantation and the uniqueness of the UNet system, UNOS makes every effort to retain the expertise found in this group. UNOS' technological skills are enhanced by the staff's overall experience with transplant-related systems, with senior team members having an average of nearly 10 years in the transplant field.

Sharing UNOS Technology

UNOS also offers technology services on a contract basis to organizations who can benefit from the unique data collection and management system developed to support the OPTN. UNOS is currently under contract to provide such services to the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).

Under contract with the ISHLT, UNOS provides:

• a data collection system that tracks every heart, lung and heart/lung transplant in the world (outside of the U.S.). This data can be merged with the U.S. data already being tracked by UNOS to do global studies.
• analysis of collected data
• management of the ISHLT's public Web site, www.ISHLT.org. For this site, UNOS developed a data warehousing system that lets visitors review international thoracic transplant and survival data and compare information among continents and with individual transplant centers.
• development and maintenance of the Mechanical Circulatory Support Device (MCSD) database, a mandatory registry for all implantable MCSD which is designed for the following purposes to:

• capture worldwide data relating to the implantation and outcome of patients receiving cardiac assist devices designed for, and capable of, use for 30 or more days
• identify risk factors for complications
• improve patient selection and management before and after device implantation
• generate predictive models of outcome for given patient profiles
• generate statistical analyses of the data that can be used as the underlying evidence/justification for government agency funded studies and clinical trials
• identify overall and best practices with the aim of improving current management and outcomes