New booklet advises parents of pediatric transplant patients
A new resource booklet, “What Every Parent Needs to Know,” is available for parents and caregivers of children and adolescents who need or receive an organ transplant.
TIEDI enhancements allow for self-service on living donor follow-up forms
Changes were implemented on April 9, 2018.
Identify and correct data discrepancies using monthly reports
Available for kidney, liver, heart, and lung transplants
Encourage donor registrations at your OPO or Transplant Center
Read about ways your hospital can participate and access free promotional materials. Deadline to submit scorecard is May 11.
We’ve updated the OPO Report of Organ Offers (ROO) based on your feedback
Responding to OPO staff feedback, we changed the way we visualized the dashboard data to make it easier for you to understand.
Interactive living kidney donor follow-up dashboard available
A new living kidney donor follow-up dashboard can help transplant center staff view and interact with data to monitor how they are complying with OPTN policy requirements.
Smithfield Foods Donation Helps Fund the Development of Life-saving Technology
United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) has received a 75,000 challenge grant from The Smithfield Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Smithfield Foods, Inc., to fund a proof of concept phase for UNOS’ Timely Donor Referralsm technology pilot. Smithfield will match... Southwest Transplant Alliance names regional director
Faith Borunda has been named regional director, El Paso for the Southwest Transplant Alliance (STA), a Dallas-based organ procurement organization. Prior to her appointment, Borunda was the manager of clinical services in STA’s El Paso office. She served in that role...