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UNOS leadership requests USDS engagement concerning leaked report and impact on patients
Leaders in organ donation and transplantation seek meeting and assessment with U.S. Digital Service concerning IT systems that make over 41,000 transplants possible per year.
UNOS seeks better air transportation for lifesaving organs
Board Presidents and Interim CEO request meeting with DOT, HRSA, FAA and TSA to find paths for improvement.
UNOS CEO calls for expanded improvements in the organ donation and transplant field
Nonprofit leader acknowledges public concerns and seeks stakeholder collaboration during pivotal moment for the U.S. donation and transplantation community.
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Kidney – Pancreas
OPTN Board approves elimination of race-based calculation for transplant candidate listing
The action, to take effect July 27, will ensure that all candidates are consistently assessed in an equitable fashion.
Pre-implementation notice: Updates to living donor exclusion criteria
Updates to OPTN policy language will impact four living donor exclusion criteria. These policy changes take effect July 26.
One-year monitoring report available for pancreas allocation policies
Report captures first 12 months of data after implementation of 250 nautical mile circles.
Liver – Intestine
Changes to DonorNet® notification limits for intestine, pancreas, kidney-pancreas and kidney matches now in effect
Evaluate your current settings now.
Updated Median MELD at Transplant scores take effect March 31
Scores are updated twice a year.
Coming to DonorNet® March 15: Changes to notification limits for intestine, pancreas/kidney-pancreas and kidney matches
Evaluate your current settings now.
Heart – Lung
Animated videos describe lung allocation score, kidney allocation formulas
Resources are meant to inform transplant patients and their caregivers.
Changes to custom reports based on changes to the Updated Cohort for Calculation of the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) are now in effect
Please review your custom reports with lung candidate data to see how these changes may affect you.
Changes to the Updated Cohort for Calculation of the Lung Allocation Score (LAS) are now in effect
Candidates’ Lung Allocation Scores (LAS) have changed according to a revised calculation approved by the OPTN Board of Directors in December 2020.
VCA
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Improving the system together
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UNet
Predictive analytics tool now available to all kidney programs
Innovative new technology helps transplant hospitals make the right match for their patients
Available now: Predictive analytics for adult kidney offers
The predictive analytics tool seeks to show the likely impacts for a candidate if their current offer is refused, based on relevant historical data for similar candidates.
VCA coming to UNet Spring 2023
Audience VCA programs All UNetSM users (for awareness) Implementation date Spring 2023 At-a-glance Allocation of all Vascularized Composite Allograft (VCA) organs will be moving into UNet starting in the Spring of 2023. Additional details There is no action needed...
“… policy is the living, breathing expression of group values.”
Martha Pavlakis, M.D.
Policy changes
Implementation notice: Two new transplant performance metrics now in effect
New metrics will provide a more holistic view of patient care, are expected to reduce emphasis on post-transplant outcomes and increase the number of transplants.
New exception pathway available for heart device recalls
In order to address patient safety concerns, the OPTN Executive Committee approved a modification of OPTN Policy 6.4: Adult and Pediatric Status Exceptions on July 11 that is now in effect.
Implementation notice: Pre-transplant HIV, HBV and HCV testing requirement updated for candidates younger than age 12
Effective July 1, testing no longer required for HIV, HBV and HCV at the time of hospital admission for transplant candidates younger than age 12.
Policy monitoring
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Learn: Collaborative improvement and educational resources
IN FOCUS
Kidney transplants increase across all populations following policy changes
New policies were predicted to increase equity through broader sharing.
Collaboration
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Education
TMF 2021 keynote speaker Amy Hunter on healthcare disparities in African-American communities, effect on organ donation and transplantation
How healthcare activists and advocates can work to undo, dismantle and interrupt patterns that lead to disparities.
TMF 2021 presenter Ian Jamieson speaks on the importance of transplant center strategic planning
Duke University transplant hospital administrator Ian Jamieson will speak on how important it is for a multidisciplinary team to use strategic planning
Effective practices
Learn about collaborative improvement projects
Learn about issues impacting patients, donors, donor families, and the national system. Issues and advocacy
Patient safety
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Transplant hospital
OPTN Board approves improvements to medical urgency scoring of liver transplant candidates
The actions will increase the equity of access to liver transplant, and were among a number of additional measures adopted by the board.
A lasting legacy: Lisa Schaffner honored posthumously with newly renamed award
The late UNOS director of public communications helped establish an award recognizing advocates in 2010. Now, the same award has been renamed to honor its very first champion.
Pre-implementation notice: Two new transplant performance metrics to implement July 14
Policy toolkit and professional education available.
OPO
AST, ASTS & UNOS encourage collaboration to drive improvement
Leaders of AST, ASTS, UNOS and the OPTN urge the Biden administration to take a holistic approach to improving the national organ donation and transplantation system.
Resource lists lower respiratory tract testing available
Tests authorized by the FDA to analyze lower respiratory tract specimens.
Preview available for OPOs: Expedited Liver Placement tools
The test site will be available from Tuesday, March 9 through Friday, March 12
Histocompatibility
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