Solutions for transplant hospitals
UNOS Tools
Research and data analytics
Understand practices. Improve performance. Increase transplants.
Unlock insights with UNOS Tools
A powerful suite of data and research analytics services, UNOS Tools help transplant programs improve patient outcomes, stay ahead of regulatory requirements, and drive quality and performance improvement initiatives.
Through constant dialogue with transplant programs and user feedback, we continuously develop and deliver innovative new tools that remove administrative burden, improve efficiency and achieve better outcomes — so hospitals can focus on patient care.
"One of the difficult things that we encounter in an environment where there’s a lot of data is trying to connect the data with purpose. These dashboards that UNOS has created really help connect those dots so we can make actionable decisions."
– Abby Olsen, Transplant Quality Manager at University of Utah Health
What are the UNOS Tools?
UNOS Tools are a suite of proprietary data analytics and benchmarking products that your transplant center uses to improve quality, drive efficiency and increase transplants. Leveraging UNOS’ best-in-class data analytics and research teams, the UNOS Tools provide invaluable insights and metrics that you have come to rely on.
What are the benefits of UNOS Tools?
UNOS Tools set your transplant hospital up for success – more transplants, better patient outcomes, increased efficiencies and stronger insights. Here are a few examples:
- UNOS Tools save your hospital overhead and employee costs by providing access to cutting-edge analytics and metrics, freeing up time for your in-house analytics and quality teams to focus on other projects.
- Hospitals report increased organ acceptance and transplant volumes using the CARE tool.
- Hospitals report better identification of data quality issues and tracking of improvements using the Benchmark report.
How does UNOS decide what new tools are needed and how to improve existing tools?
UNOS Tools are developed and improved based on direct feedback from transplant hospitals’ staff. Each tool has a dedicated working group composed of diverse community collaborators across the hospital ecosystem – from administrators and quality managers to transplant coordinators and physicians – who work with UNOS staff to provide input and suggestions for enhancement.
What are the most popular UNOS Tools?
CARE Tool: Enables transplant programs to identify opportunities for broader organ acceptance without negatively impacting outcomes.
UNOS Predict: Helps you understand where your program sits relative to the metrics reviewed by the OPTN MPSC in future SRTR cohorts.
Benchmark Report: A fully customizable report offering insights into patient populations, listing practices, and transplant activities, allowing you to compare your hospital to other hospitals and transplant programs.
UNOS Staffing Survey: The only staffing survey designed for the unique staffing challenges of transplant. With nearly two-thirds of hospitals participating, the tool allows transplant administrators to benchmark against other transplant programs across the nation – a powerful tool in advocating for new positions.
Are there UNOS Tools for OPOs?
Yes. UNOS provides products for OPOs, including our Organ Utilization Tool (OUT) and Organ Tracking Service. UNOS is in the process of developing a more comprehensive offering for OPOs, similar to the products UNOS has developed for transplant hospitals.
My transplant hospital has multiple transplant programs for different organs. Does my access apply to my whole transplant hospital, or do I have to register per organ type?
Your access applies to the transplant hospital and is not limited by organ type.
I need help using one of the tools. Who can help me?
All transplant hospitals will receive invitations to bi-monthly user-group webinars. During our one-hour webinars, you will:
- Learn about new tools and enhancements to existing products.
- Hear from your colleagues across the country on how they have leveraged these products to improve their programs.
- Provide feedback to the UNOS team on what you need related to new data products and enhancements to existing tools to make you and your program more efficient and improve patient outcomes.
How do I sign up for UNOS Tools for my organization?
You have access to the UNOS Tools through participation in the voluntary UNOS fee. To sign up, contact UNOS at [email protected].
I have more questions. How can I get help?
Please reach out to [email protected].
UNOS data analytics
Performance improvement data tools
UNOS Transplant Quality DashboardSM
Benchmark staffing against other transplant hospitals
UNOS IOTA DashboardSM
Track your program’s progress
UNOS Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) ReportSM
Understand social factors affecting patients
UNOS Benchmark Report CreatorSM
Benchmark against other transplant hospitals
UNOS CARE ToolSM
Broaden organ acceptance and increase transplants
UNOS Transplant Program DashboardSM
Monitor and benchmark activity and outcomes
UNOS PredictSM
Forecast trends in key outcome metrics
UNOS Key Insights DashboardSM
Monitor key indicators of program activity
UNOS Staffing SurveySM
Powerful staffing benchmarks
UNOS RFISM
Submit multiple payor forms with a single RFI
UNOS Transplant Quality Dashboard
Benchmark against other transplant quality programs
UNOS Transplant Quality DashboardSM
Updated annually
Understand transplant quality teams’ roles and responsibilities
Developed with Intermountain Medical Center and the Transplant Quality Staffing Collaborative, this dashboard benchmarks the responsibilities of your quality team again other programs’ teams, helping you understand roles and responsibilities found across the industry. Submit data once a year to gain access to this dashboard.
“The new dashboard gives me the data I need to show leadership how similar programs handle tasks like TIEDI and adverse events—and helps make a strong case for more staff.”
— Julie Rodriguez, Transplant Quality & Patient Safety Manager, Intermountain Transplant Services
UNOS IOTA Dashboard
Quickly track progress toward the three IOTA goals
UNOS IOTA DashboardSM
Updated weekly
Track success and identify areas for improvement
This tool helps participating hospitals track their progress and quickly identify areas in the IOTA model that need improvement.
- Track progress towards the three IOTA goals
- Forecast your expected points, overall score and dollar amount
For those programs not enrolled in IOTA, use the dashboard for awareness of potential future shifts in kidney care or Medicare policies.
UNOS Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Report
Understand the social drivers of health that impact transplant
UNOS Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) ReportSM
Updated quarterly
Explore, compare, and understand social factors in depth
For the first time, transplant programs have access to a stand-alone report that provides visibility into the social drivers of health that impact transplant. This tool enables programs to analyze, compare and understand these social factors in depth, unlocking powerful insights to strengthen care, promote fairness and advocate more effectively for patients.
UNOS Benchmark Report Creator
Compare. Understand. Improve.
UNOS Benchmark Report CreatorSM
Updated monthly
Create customized reports
The new, interactive Benchmark Report Creator allows transplant programs to create customized reports on demand. Data is now updated monthly, offering insights into patient populations, listing practices and transplant activity. Compare your data regionally, nationally, and with any two programs you choose, to create professional reports perfect for executive presentations.
“Without the Benchmark Report, we would be wasting so much time digging for data.”
— Yawah Nicholson, Director of Transplant Quality and Performance Excellence at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
UNOS Care Tool
Learn what happened to the organs you turned down
UNOS CARE ToolSM
Updated weekly
Understand your organ acceptance behavior
Identify actionable opportunities to increase organ acceptance and save more lives—without compromising outcomes—using this powerful interactive dashboard that allows you to generate reports for a deeper dive during organ offer review meetings, including the outcomes of offers refused and transplanted elsewhere.
Enhanced reporting now integrates Kaplan–Meier survival rates and predictive analytics.
- Visualize your organ acceptance for specific types of donors to transplant more organs
- Compare the outcomes of organs accepted by your program to those declined and transplanted elsewhere
- See maps to understand where your organs are coming from
- Evaluate offers that were bypassed manually or with offer filters
- More filters and data elements including NRP and machine perfusion provide you with even more information
- Predictive analytics for each kidney and liver offer show expected one-year graft survival for each candidate–donor pair, along with the patient’s expected survival without a transplant. Results are calculated using both national and hospital-specific data, enabling program comparison.
“I don’t know that we would be able to monitor offer acceptance at all without the UNOS CARE Tool.”
— Molly Maxwell, Nurse Manager, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
UNOS Transplant Program Dashboard
Monitor and benchmark activity and performance
UNOS Transplant Program DashboardSM
Updated weekly
Personalized interactive dashboard
This interactive dashboard features more than 20 visualization tabs allowing you to evaluate your program’s performance against 5-7 other transplant programs along with national and regional data. Get insights into:
- Pre- and post- transplant metrics, market share, and more against selected other programs
- Waiting list additions by various candidate characteristics
- Current waiting list demographics (diagnosis, active/inactive, medical urgency, and more)
- Waiting list outcomes (transplant and mortality rates)
- Transplant activity including recipient demographics and donor characteristics
- Understand your post-transplant outcomes including causes of death/failure, length of stay, and evaluation of graft outcomes
- Understand where patients from each state are being transplanted
UNOS Predict
Forecast outcomes with greater accuracy
UNOS PredictSM
Updated monthly
More Metrics. Better Benchmarks.
This interactive dashboard highlights 24 key indicators, selected by a peer-led working group and updated annually to reflect emerging trends, so you can focus on what matters most and make data-informed decisions. UNOS Predict provides data closer to real time, allowing your program to make improvements and course correct before it’s too late. Recent enhancements have made this tool even stronger:
- All pre- and post-transplant metrics are now available for kidney, liver, heart and lung
- New heart and kidney offer acceptance ratios provide visibility into how a hospital’s acceptance practices compare to national expectations, helping to guide performance improvements. Similar data for lung and liver coming soon.
- For post-transplant survival and pre-transplant mortality, the new Predict 2.0 functionality lets you access patient-level data and a “what if” simulator to see the impact on forecasted results for future SRTR cohorts
“Predict provides our transplant programs with the essential forward-looking view we need, moving beyond the rearview mirror.”
— Colleen O’Donnell Flores, MHA, Director of Transplant Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Northwell Health Transplant Institute
UNOS Key Insights Dashboard
Key indicators. At-a-glace understanding.
UNOS Key Insights DashboardSM
Updated weekly
See the big picture
Updated weekly, this interactive dashboard showcases 24 high-level indicators—carefully selected by a peer-led working group and refreshed annually to reflect evolving trends — giving you a clear view of what matters most. Refreshed tooltips and graphics provide clarity and context for each metric.
The newest insights show primary offers declined but transplanted at another program, giving deeper visibility into offer acceptance behavior. Machine perfusion metrics help programs track utilization trends.
“The Key Insights Dashboard is meant to serve as a high-level snapshot of a program, supporting in-depth discussions and analysis, ongoing evaluations of program processes, and identification of improvement opportunities.”
— Adriane Jungbluth, Quality Director, Transplant Center, Cleveland Clinic
UNOS Staffing Survey
Participate to gain essential staffing insights
UNOS Staffing SurveySM
Conducted anually
Developed by and for Transplant Administrators
The UNOS Staffing Survey is the only tool of its kind tailored specifically for transplant programs. Each year, the survey collects data on full- and part-time employees in transplant positions from nearly two-thirds of all transplant hospitals. Participating programs can:
- View summary and comparison staffing data from other programs to assist with planning and hiring strategies
- Understand staffing trends and strategies by reviewing aggregate data
- Analyze results via a dashboard or export data for easy reporting
- Access an interactive dashboard to benchmark against other similar-sized programs, helping to determine staffing needs based on the number of transplants performed
- Download results directly from the dashboard
- A supplemental report helps transplant administrators quickly identify staffing deficiencies and provides digestible information that can be summarized for leadership when advocating for staffing changes
“The UNOS Staffing Survey continues to be the most reliable and current source of transplant center staffing benchmark data.”
— Kim Phillips, Director, Transplant Service Line, University of Utah Medical Center
UNOS RFI
Payor forms simplified.
Never miss a deadline.
UNOS RFISM
Released anually
Streamlined experience
The UNOS RFI simplifies annual reporting for insurance companies and networks by consolidating the required information into a single survey. This eliminates the need for multiple submissions and significantly reduces administrative burden.
- Information from previous year’s submission comes pre-filled
- Accessible directly through Secure Enterprise
- Filter forms by progress status
UNOS custom solutions
Innovation for your data needs
Have a research or data need not covered by these tools? UNOS research experts can consult with you to solve for your unique need.
Custom registries and databases
Insights on patient population trends or improved outcome measures. Learn more.
Technology consulting
Statistical modeling and research experts for domestic or international development of optimal solutions.
Learn more.