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Pediatric transplant hospital bylaws to be in effect Dec. 8

Pediatric transplant hospital bylaws to be in effect Dec. 8

Nov 24, 2020 | News, Policy changes, Transplant hospital

This action will follow the OPTN Board of Directors meeting on Dec. 6-7.

Coming to Waitlist℠: Changes to local acceptance criteria for all organs

Coming to Waitlist℠: Changes to local acceptance criteria for all organs

Nov 18, 2020 | News, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes

Transplant programs should evaluate their current settings.

Dec. 15 implementation date set for changes to kidney, pancreas allocation

Dec. 15 implementation date set for changes to kidney, pancreas allocation

Oct 20, 2020 | Kidney/pancreas, News, OPO, Policy changes, Transplant hospital

Professional education for removal of DSA and region, released organ allocation, medical urgency prioritization for kidney candidates will be available in November.

Coming to Waitlist℠: Changes to local acceptance criteria for all organs

UNOS launches new online membership application tool to transplant programs

Oct 20, 2020 | News, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes

Access the Member Community experience now.

Nomination deadline approaching for Heckenkemper Award for Excellence

Nomination deadline approaching for Heckenkemper Award for Excellence

Oct 20, 2020 | News, Transplant hospital

“It’s like a lifetime achievement award,” says Brigitte Sullivan, 2019 recipient of the award honoring excellence in transplant administration.

Now accepting nominations for 2021 Heckenkemper Transplant Leadership Award

Now accepting nominations for 2021 Heckenkemper Transplant Leadership Award

Sep 23, 2020 | News, Transplant hospital

The UNOS Transplant Administrators Committee is seeking nominations for the Annual Heckenkemper Leader in Transplant Administration Award to be presented at the UNOS Transplant Management Forum in April 2021.

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Pre-implementation notice: New pre-transplant performance metric

A new risk-adjusted performance monitoring metric-the pre-transplant mortality rate ratio- will take effect in July 2024.

Latest in reporting positive post procurement donor results

A new permission in Security Administration was added today for transplant programs. Starting Feb. 28, Transplant Programs will be able to view and acknowledge receipt of these notifications from a new dashboard in DonorNet. The dashboard will be visible only to hospital users who have this new permission to acknowledge these notifications.

Offer Filters now available for lung allocation

Offer Filters adds data-driven, multi-criteria filters to organ offers at a program level so lung transplant programs can filter offers they will not accept and organ procurement organizations (OPOs) can find an accepting candidate more quickly.

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