Pre-implementation notice: Two new transplant performance metrics to implement July 14
Policy toolkit and professional education available.
OPTN Board of Directors expected to require transplant hospitals to use race-neutral calculations in assessing patients
Changes will reduce disparities and increase equity in access to transplant.
New and changed data collection on TIEDI: annual update to OMB approved forms
Several policy changes impacting TIEDI forms were approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in March 2022.
Updates to modify data submission policy coming Aug. 30
The policy changes were enacted to improve the quality and timeliness of Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data.
Two new transplant performance metrics to implement July 14, 2022
Educational resources are in development.
Implementation notice: Clarification of multi-organ allocation policy, changes in DonorNet
These changes provide OPOs clearer direction when offering multi-organ combinations.