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- "The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating." - John Schaar
- UNOS’ updates from the July 22 Energy and Commerce Oversight hearing
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- UNOS' updates from the Dec. 2 Ways and Means Oversight hearing
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing
Posts
- National Donor Memorial Announced
- UNOS Dedicates the National Donor Memorial
- Kirby Foundation Awards UNOS a $1 Million Grant
- UNOS Memorial Honors Transplant Professionals Who Have Died In Life-Giving Service
- UNOS Foundation Establishes Planned Giving Society
- UNOS Rededicates National Donor Memorial, Presents First Award of Excellence
- Vermont Man Honored with National Award of Excellence for Organ Donation Advocacy
- Read the New DTAC News to Learn about Efforts to Coordinate Case Reviews
- UNOS is your Partner in Patient Safety; Keep Us in the Loop!
- Toolkit available to assist programs in sharing donor and recipient information
- New Jersey Man Honored with National Award of Excellence for Organ Donation Advocacy
- Board approves publication of two committee guidance documents
- Michigan Woman Honored with National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence
- UNOS applauds Congressional passage of HOPE Act
- AST offers transplant professionals webinars and resources
- Social Worker Honored with NDM Award for Excellence
- Public forum addresses equity in liver distribution; resources available on OPTN and UNOS websites
- Public forum addresses equity in liver distribution
- Liver forum presentations, videos available
- Liver forum provides key feedback
- Liver forum provides key feedback for additional committee discussion
- New pancreas transplant policies take effect
- Liver Committee Chair on status of liver distribution discussion
- Florida Donor Parents Honored with NDM Award for Excellence
- Liver forum and committee update from David Mulligan, M.D., chair, OPTN/UNOS Liver Committee
- Need help updating the infectious disease acceptance criteria on your candidate records?
- Hope Act update
- Revised liver policy regarding HCC exception scores
- Policy and system changes adding serum sodium to MELD calculation
- MTS, Donor Alliance Receive Baldrige Recognition
- Policy and system changes effective January 11, 2016, adding serum sodium to MELD calculation
- Organ Recipient Honored with National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence for the first time
- Recent DonorNet Changes to the Donor Feedback Form and TIEDI Deceased Donor Registration (DDR) Form
- New kidney waitlist management tool now available in UNet
- Fallen Soldier Donor Memorial Unveiling
- U.S. organ transplants, deceased donors set record in 2016
- UNOS announces national donor memorial award winner
- Kidney allocation system updates in DonorNet
- Liver and Intestinal Transplantation Committee Updates June 2017
- Odds for receiving a kidney transplant now equal for black, white and Hispanic candidates
- Modeling results available for liver proposal
- New Implementation date for HLA Equivalency Table Update and addition of DQA1 equivalences
- We’ve updated the HLA Equivalency Tables and added DQA1 equivalences
- Final modeling data available for liver proposal
- Liver webinar to address modeling data and get additional proposal feedback
- Board of Directors releases University Hospitals of Cleveland from probation
- Compromise liver proposal to advance for board consideration
- Webinar to discuss liver proposal
- New data submission compliance report
- Board approves enhanced liver distribution system
- Deceased organ donors in United States exceeded 10,000 for first time in 2017
- UNOS announces 2018 National Donor Memorial Award winner
- Improving the transplant system with collaborative research
- NLRB, liver distribution implementation postponed
- SRTR modeling results are available for liver distribution proposal
- Special public comment period addresses liver distribution
- Learn more about National Liver Review Board
- Liver distribution proposal advances for board consideration
- OPTN/UNOS Board approves updated liver distribution system
- Organ transplants in United States set sixth consecutive record in 2018
- National Liver Review Board implementation postponed
- Study finds effective outcomes for A2 to B transplants
- Achieving a shorter, more active kidney waitlist
- Preview available for OPOs: new liver distribution match lists
- National Liver Review Board to be implemented April 30
- Liver distribution policy targeted for April 30 implementation
- National Liver Review Board implementation webinar April 15
- National Liver Review Board, liver distribution to be implemented April 30, 2019
- How will the new liver system help pediatric patients?
- Liver distribution policy, NLRB implementation deferred until May 14
- Liver policy goes into effect May 14
- Changes to liver policy and exception score process are in place
- New liver allocation policy still in effect
- Liver allocation policy to revert to DSA-based system May 23
- Pre-implementation notice: OPTN liver allocation policy to revert to DSA and regions May 23, 2019
- System notice: OPTN liver allocation policy reverted to DSA and regions
- Next steps for the first national donor image sharing hub
- Heart recipient honored with 2019 NDM Award for Excellence
- Removing BMI and C-peptide from kidney/pancreas waiting time criteria
- Updated OPO Benchmark report released today -- contains new comparison group
- Recommended effective practices related to following the match run sequence
- We measure just about everything we do
- Dual and en bloc kidney changes in place
- Transplant patient webinar addresses proposed changes to kidney and pancreas distribution
- Kidney and pancreas allocation proposals modified
- A friend’s gift: Becoming a living liver donor
- National Donor Memorial virtual tour offers online visitors a 3D experience
- "I love it when people share great ideas": TMF Best of the Best winner Julie Yeh
- New data tool for transplant programs: Living liver donor follow-up report available on UNet℠
- Organ donation again sets record in 2019
- What's behind the rise in living organ donation?
- Living donation: One person can make a big difference
- Updated liver and intestinal organ allocation policy to be implemented Feb. 4, 2020
- Pre-implementation notice: Liver and intestinal organ distribution based on acuity circles to be implemented Feb. 4, 2020
- Inside the Organ Center
- Making liver distribution more fair and equitable
- Introducing UNOS’ new mission and vision statements
- UNOS hosts briefing for congressional staff members
- New national liver and intestinal organ transplant system in effect Feb. 4, 2020
- UNOS welcomes new board members
- “Saving children is about preserving our future.”
- 2019: Record-setting year for living donation
- Why I volunteer: Lisa Matthias, Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
- CMS issues COVID-19 guidance to health care providers
- UPDATE: Randomized trial of mild hypothermia and machine perfusion in deceased organ donors
- UNOS researchers to present studies at American Transplant Congress
- UNOS announces 2020 national donor memorial award winner
- Achieving racial equity in transplantation
- Making organ recovery transportation safer for transplant teams
- 36 years later: An organ donor's parents' story
- In spite of the pandemic, we’re performing more deceased-donor organ transplants than in years past
- UNOS announces new research and development projects
- COVID-19 updates: Aug. 28, 2020
- UNOS receives $106,000 grant from Fresenius foundation
- UNOS research analyst Julia Foutz on reducing the organ shortage and saving more lives
- Innovating to strengthen the organ transplant system
- Five years of HOPE Act; observations from Sander Florman, M.D.
- Implementation notice: Phase I of new kidney medical urgency requirements
- Annual record trend continues for deceased organ donation, deceased donor transplants
- UNOS RFI documents for 2021 are available on the UNet Transplant Administrators website
- UNOS to study data collection related to social determinants of health
- Trailblazing physician broke barriers to become nation’s first Black female transplant surgeon
- TMF 2021 presenter Ian Jamieson speaks on the importance of transplant center strategic planning
- TMF 2021 keynote speaker Amy Hunter on healthcare disparities in African-American communities, effect on organ donation and transplantation
- White House issues National Donate Life Month proclamation
- U.S. leads world in rates of deceased donors, key transplant categories
- 2021 National Donor Memorial Award for Excellence winner announced
- UNOS named top workplace for 8th consecutive year by Richmond Times-Dispatch
- UNOS remembers Lisa Schaffner
- Kidney transplants set new record in 2021 following policy change
- A lasting legacy: Lisa Schaffner honored posthumously with newly renamed award
- UNOS CEO Brian Shepard to leave organization after a decade of service
- Implementation notice: Pre-transplant HIV, HBV and HCV testing requirement updated for candidates younger than age 12
- Four decades of lifesaving work: the Organ Center turns 40
- Over 5,000 organs tracked with UNOS Organ Tracking Service
- COVID-19 update: Sept. 8, 2022
- U.S. reaches historic milestone of 1 million transplants
- United Network for Organ Sharing names new Interim CEO
- Adrian Joseph Jimenez
- UNOS CEO calls for expanded improvements in the organ donation and transplant field
- UNOS seeks better air transportation for lifesaving organs
- 7,000 organs tracked with UNOS Organ Tracking Service
- Waiting time adjustment approved for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
- Implementation notice: Waiting time modifications for candidates affected by race-inclusive eGFR calculations
- When minutes matter: The issues at stake in organ transportation
- UNOS welcomes competitive bidding process for next OPTN contract
- Community update: Policy development based on continuous distribution
- Coming soon: New OPTN transport label store
- Maureen McBride named CEO of UNOS
- UNOS supports the Living Donor Protection Act
- TMF 2023 Heckenkemper Award winner: Marian O'Rourke, RN, CCTC honored
- UNOS names 2023 Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award recipient
- New UNOS board officers begin service July 1
- Six-month monitoring report for heart policy following a device recall now available
- Webinar to address kidney-after-thoracic safety net, combined kidney-thoracic allocation
- New policy aims to speed kidney acceptance rates, increase transplants
- UNOS embraces reform of the U.S. donation and transplant system
- UNOS applauds house action to improve air transport of donor organs
- UNOS researchers present studies at 2023 American Transplant Congress
- UNOS commissions independent assessment of IT systems
- President signs new law increasing competition for OPTN contract
- National webinar on Nov.15 for lung transplant professionals on upcoming data collection changes and other insights in lung allocation
- UNOS statement following December UNOS Board vote
- UNOS statement on testing environment situation
- UNOS hires new Vice President of External Affairs
- 2023: a year of more lives saved
- UNOS strengthens leadership team
- OPTN Task Force sets goal of achieving 60K transplants by 2026
- UNOS statement on draft OPTN request for proposals
- A decade of record increases in liver transplant
- UNOS statement regarding Medicare billing guidance for organ transplant monitoring tests
- UNOS statement on member vote for board independence
- UNOS expands leadership team
- UNOS applauds president’s FY2025 budget request
- UNOS welcomes new seven-member board of directors
- UNOS and HRSA agree on new short-term OPTN contract
- UNOS adds leading U.S. technology expert to executive leadership team
- Virginia General Assembly commends UNOS
- UNOS unveils new artwork honoring organ donors and recipients
- UNOS statement on OPTN requests for proposals
- UNOS applauds passage of FAA reauthorization bill
- UNOS welcomes new chief legal officer
- TMF 2024 Heckenkemper Award Winner: Nancy Metzler honored
- UNOS applauds U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee for increasing funding for the OPTN Modernization Initiative
- UPDATE: UNOS responds to inaccuracies in Bloomberg Law article
- UNOS responds to inquiry by Sens. Wyden, Grassley about new Chief Technology Officer
- Andrew Klein, M.D. named UNOS Chief Medical Officer
- UNOS sets the record straight
- UNOS fires back at defamatory statements that it has acted unlawfully
- UNOS applauds House action to prohibit discrimination in organ transplants
- UNOS applauds introduction of the Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act
- UNOS remains committed to strengthening the system
- 21 organizations join UNOS in support of the Organ Donation Referral Improvement Act
- UNOS continuously strengthens the security of the OPTN IT system
- UNOS CEO Urges Congressional Action on Lifesaving Reforms
- UNOS names 2024 Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award recipient
- U.S. surpassed 48,000 organ transplants in 2024
- A more efficient way to get organs to patients in need
- 90,000 people are waiting for a kidney. Here's one way to get them a kidney faster.
- We can track Amazon packages-why not lifesaving organs?
- UNOS’ organ matching technology is working 24/7, 365 days a year
- What is xenotransplantation, and how far away is it?
- UNOS’ high expectations for IT security standards – and what’s next
- TMF 2025 presenter Samantha Ramirez on the Evolving Role of Transplant Coordinators
- Efficiently matching patients with organs for transplant
- Transforming transplant program operations with data-driven tools
- TMF 2025 speaker Cathi Murphey on Kidney Paired Donation
- TMF 2025 presenters Geatrakas and Socci on Creating a Healthy Relationship between transplant staff and the C-Suite
- TMF 2025 speaker Laura Butler on Collaborative Leadership in Transplantation
- TMF 2025 speaker Ankit Mathur on AI in Transplant and OPO Operations
- UNOS adds two members to its board of directors
- Waitlist deaths decrease: a shared success by the organ donation and transplant community supported by UNOS
- Tales from the OR and how Congress can help
- UNOS updates its mission and vision to highlight its growing impact
- How UNOS uses data to help transplant programs improve
- Organs shouldn’t be transported in airline cargo. Here's why.
- Organ donor hospitals and transplant hospitals –how do they differ?
- Understanding Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)
- UNOS CEO Maureen McBride responds to July 20 New York Times article
- UNOS responds to Congressional hearing
- Saving lives with pig livers: FDA approves new trial with a spin on an old treatment
- A ‘No Wrong Door’ system makes safety concerns easier to report
- Is it really a list? What determines how organs are allocated, and the role UNOS technology plays in it
- UNOS continues to support new, existing clients with unparalleled business solutions
- UNOS responds to Ways & Means hearing
- UNOS and Leading Organ Donation and Transplant Organizations Urge Congress to Maintain Key Priorities in Final FY26 Federal Government Funding Legislation
- Letter from UNOS to Senate HELP Committee members
- UNOS CEO Maureen McBride announces retirement
- UNOS names 2025 Lisa Schaffner Community Advocate Award recipient
- HRSA assumes management of OPTN website
- UNOS reaches contract agreement with HRSA
- Open letter from Maureen as she leaves UNOS
- UNOS Responds to Recent HRSA Statements
- How UNOS’ role in the OPTN has changed under the additional contract extension
- UNOS responds to GAO report on the OPTN
- U.S. surpasses 49,000 organ transplants while deceased organ donations dip
- UNOS responds to CMS proposed rule; celebrates progress for patients
- UNOS applauds inclusion of organ donation and transplantation reforms in FY26 Federal Funding Package