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Voices in Transplant
Perspectives from the organ donation and transplant community driving innovation, improvement and insights to save lives together
Pushing boundaries to improve organ utilization efficiency
Innovative natural language processing model could improve upon existing predictive organ utilization models.
Organ donation again sets record in 2019
Substantial and broad-based increase in organ transplants during 2019
Efficient organ allocation
UNOS partners with the organ allocation and transplant community to develop the technological platforms that match organs and save lives every day.
A father’s voice
“As a recipient parent, I am comforted that UNOS is always improving its ability to match donors to recipients — as they did for my son.”
Transforming policy into algorithms
UNOS CTO Alex Tulchinsky on taking policies and converting them into computer algorithms.
Uniting policy and information technology
Video: How UNOS collects data to improve the transplant system.
Improving our technology infrastructure
UNOS CEO Brian Shepard responds to the Department of Health and Human Services’ announcement that it will issue a request for information.
We measure just about everything we do
The Organ Center at UNOS has been open for 35 years, around the clock, helping organ placement and transplant centers to deliver the gift of life.
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Idea incubator
UNOS Labs is a collaborative space where UNOS’ behavioral scientists, biostatisticians, data scientists, and developers partner with donation and transplantation experts to work toward solutions that will make the transplant system more efficient and increase transplants.
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Sharing images to save more lives
UNOS begins phased release of UNet Image Sharing to organ procurement organizations across the country. See how UNet Image Sharing saves lives!
Building a team, serving a community: Pride at NEDS
New England Donor Services LGBTQIA+ outreach meets the community where they are.
Hypothermic machine perfusion: An alternative for organ preservation
Could hypothermic machine perfusion offer a safer way to transport organs?
IN FOCUS
More than 15,000 liver transplants performed in first two years of acuity circles policy
Two-year monitoring shows many states had volume changes within 10 percent of previous policy.