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UNOS insights and analysis on healthcare and transplant issues
Issues and Advocacy

Waitlist deaths decrease: a shared success by the organ donation and transplant community supported by UNOS
The average number of people dying per day waiting for a transplant has dropped under UNOS’ operation of the U.S. organ donation and transplant system.
We can track Amazon packages-why not lifesaving organs?
The U.S. needs a national organ tracking system. UNOS is working to help make that happen.

90,000 people are waiting for a kidney. Here’s one way to get them a kidney faster.
The new, UNOS-supported Medicare program that should help increase kidney transplants.

A more efficient way to get organs to patients in need
Automated donor referrals will help more donated organs be transplanted. UNOS calls for Congressional action to mandate this process.
Issues and Advocacy
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Innovations and Technology
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Research And Data

UNOS Transplant Benchmark Report Creator is a go-to resource
UPMC’s transplant quality team relies on the enhanced UNOS Transplant Benchmark Report to access real‑time, customizable performance data that streamlines analysis and supports data‑driven decision‑making.

How UNOS uses data to help transplant programs improve
UNOS uses the same process for data requests from the OPTN as any other entity and can provide aggregated, limited or patient-level information about a variety of subjects due to our deep knowledge and understanding based on decades of experience.
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