Jan 4, 2023 | Releases
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.
Jan 3, 2023 | News, OPO
The merger brings a combined 79 years of institutional experience together as one organization, serving almost 10 million people across northern Virginia, Washington, D.C. and all of Maryland.
Dec 28, 2022 | Get involved, Heart/lung, News, Patient
The OPTN will host a webinar for transplant patients to learn about upcoming changes to lung distribution.
Dec 22, 2022 | News, Policy changes, UNet℠ system changes, VCA
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...
Dec 21, 2022 | Heart/lung, News, Patient safety, Policy monitoring reports
Report shows key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in July 2022.
Dec 21, 2022 | Education, Heart/lung, News, OPO, Transplant hospital
The lung Composite Allocation Score (CAS) calculator will be available on the OPTN website beginning Feb. 2, 2023.
Dec 20, 2022 | Heart/lung, News, Policy monitoring reports
A new data report contains key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in January 2020.
Dec 16, 2022 | Kidney/pancreas, News, Technology, Transplant hospital, UNet℠ system changes
The goal is to help decision makers make evidence-based decisions to benefit candidates when determining whether to accept or refuse an offer.
Dec 16, 2022 | Equity, Histocompatibility, Kidney/pancreas, News, UNet℠ system changes
The new formula for Calculated Panel Reactive Antibody (CPRA) will now go into effect on Jan. 26, 2023.
Dec 16, 2022 | Get involved, Leadership, News
Voting members will receive election materials in January 2023.