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When minutes matter: The issues at stake in organ transportation

When minutes matter: The issues at stake in organ transportation

Feb 15, 2023 | Insights, Insights feature, News

A look at the intersecting challenges in organ transportation and a call for government and industry leaders to join the donation and transplant community in finding national-level solutions that ensure donor organs get safely to patients in need.

Trailblazing physician broke barriers to become nation’s first Black female transplant surgeon

Trailblazing physician broke barriers to become nation’s first Black female transplant surgeon

Feb 25, 2021 | Insights, Insights feature, News

Dr. Velma Scantlebury-White, who has performed more than 2,000 transplants in her career, says there have been significant changes in terms of achieving equity access in the allocation system for minority patients, but some issues persist.

Study finds effective outcomes for A2 to B transplants

Study finds effective outcomes for A2 to B transplants

Feb 7, 2019 | Insights, Research

Vanderbilt University Medical Center reports effective outcomes for A2 to B transplants in UNOS kidney allocation system

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Transplant Quality Dashboard measures what matters

UNOS’ Transplant Quality Survey and Dashboard empower transplant quality teams to evaluate quality team staffing, set clearer goals and improve performance.

UNOS partners with NASA to study transporting organs by drone

UNOS partners with NASA to study how drones could safely and efficiently transport organs for transplant.

UNOS Predict 2.0 allows transplant centers to make smarter, data-driven decisions

User-informed enhancements to UNOS Predict help transplant programs identify trends, anticipate challenges, allocate resources, and make data-driven decisions to improve outcomes.

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