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Thoracic Committee Dissolved July 1; Heart and Lung Committees begin new work

Thoracic Committee Dissolved July 1; Heart and Lung Committees begin new work

Jul 1, 2020 | Heart/lung, News, Policy changes

This change allows for the OPTN to be more representative and responsive to the community’s needs, which will in turn help patients.

Thoracic Committee Dissolved July 1; Heart and Lung Committees begin new work

Implementation system notice: Modification of the lung recipient TRF

Jun 30, 2020 | Heart/lung, News, Policy changes, UNet℠ system changes

Effective June 30, 2020, new data elements are being captured within the graft function section of the Transplant Recipient Follow-up form (TRF).

Living donor follow-up tools updated to align with the emergency changes to OPTN policy

Living donor follow-up tools updated to align with the emergency changes to OPTN policy

Jun 23, 2020 | News, Policy changes, Transplant hospital

The kidney and liver living donor follow-up tools are available for all transplant programs in the visual analytics section of the UNet data services portal.

Thoracic Committee Dissolved July 1; Heart and Lung Committees begin new work

System notice: VCA distribution to be based on fixed distance circle of 500 nautical miles

Jun 19, 2020 | News, Policy changes, UNet℠ system changes, VCA

Effective Thursday, June 18, 2020, VCA offers will first be made to compatible transplant candidates listed at VCA programs within a radius of 500 nautical miles of the donor. This replaces the previous distribution unit, which had been the OPTN region of the donor hospital.

Additional provisions adopted to upcoming kidney, pancreas distribution system

Additional provisions adopted to upcoming kidney, pancreas distribution system

Jun 9, 2020 | Kidney/pancreas, News, Policy changes

Refinements to kidney and pancreas policy to be adopted with new policy approved in December 2019.

Thoracic Committee Dissolved July 1; Heart and Lung Committees begin new work

Pre-implementation system notice: Modification of the lung transplant recipient follow-up form (TRF)

Jun 2, 2020 | Heart/lung, News, Policy changes

Begining June 30, 2020, lung and heart-lung transplant programs will be required to provide additional data.

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