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Our mission is to unite and strengthen the donation and transplant community to save lives.
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INNOVATION
Ideas in action
Improving DonorNet Mobile together
A new DonorNet Mobile will be available to the transplant hospital community in early 2021.
Innovating to strengthen the organ transplant system
UNOS Labs tries out new ideas in behavioral research, data science and technology. Our researchers develop innovative solutions to improve the national organ network and increase organ utilization.
An Expedia for organ transplantation: Predicting travel time
A privately funded research project aims to help OPO professionals make more informed decisions about optimal travel routes for procured organs.
UNOS researchers discover a new way to predict kidney utilization rates
UNOS data science manager used natural language processing (NLP) to improve kidney utilization. Learn more about organ placement discoveries.
Reducing unwanted organ offers
A new UNOS pilot project tests ways to avoid unwanted offers, speed up organ allocation and transplant more organs.
Creating the first national donor image sharing hub
UNOS has launched a new national donor image sharing hub pilot. Learn more about what this pilot consists of and the importance of donor image sharing.
IMPROVEMENT
Driving change
Advancing American kidney health through collaboration
OPTN Kidney Committee chair Vince Casingal, M.D., on the ongoing improvement initiatives to increase kidney utilization.
What’s behind the rise in living donation?
Living donations have been on the rise in recent years. In this feature story, we explore why.
How OPOs improve performance and increase transplants nationwide
Organ donations can be hard to get, but organ procurement organizations are educating communities to improve donation rates. Learn what they are doing here.
Three-year collaborative improvement project drives results
A three-year collaborative improvement pilot project, COIIN, explores new methods of quality monitoring. Learn more about the results of that pilot.
INSIGHTS
Data & tools
Trailblazing physician broke barriers to become nation’s first Black female transplant surgeon
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.
UNOS research goes virtual: Insights from the 2020 American Transplant Congress
Equity in access to organ transplants and behavioral science among topics presented to the international community of transplant professionals.
Will organ perfusion transform transplantation?
UNOS looks at the rapidly evolving state of organ perfusion technology and its potential to transform transplantation
KAS increases equity in access to kidney transplantation
Is KAS, the Kidney Allocation System, accomplishing the goals set out for it? Read more from UNOS about what is working and what challenges remain.