Spotlight: 2-minute reads
UNOS insights and analysis on healthcare and transplant issues
Issues and Advocacy
Putting patients first: UNOS’ vision for waitlist and organ offer transparency
Updates to the Medicare Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model include increasing transparency for patients.
Is it really a list? What determines how organs are allocated, and the role UNOS technology plays in it
Despite what you may have heard or seen in pop culture, waiting for an organ transplant is not like taking a number and waiting. The reality of how it all works is significantly more complicated.
A ‘No Wrong Door’ system makes safety concerns easier to report
If someone experiences poor care or witnesses a problem related to organ donation or transplant, they shouldn’t have to navigate a maze of agencies to speak up, be heard and get a resolution.
Saving lives with pig livers: FDA approves new trial with a spin on an old treatment
Another promising medical trial could save lives thanks to genetically modified pigs. UNOS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Klein discusses this new development.
Issues and Advocacy
Putting patients first: UNOS’ vision for waitlist and organ offer transparency
Updates to the Medicare Increasing Organ Transplant Access Model include increasing transparency for patients.
Is it really a list? What determines how organs are allocated, and the role UNOS technology plays in it
Despite what you may have heard or seen in pop culture, waiting for an organ transplant is not like taking a number and waiting. The reality of how it all works is significantly more complicated.
A ‘No Wrong Door’ system makes safety concerns easier to report
If someone experiences poor care or witnesses a problem related to organ donation or transplant, they shouldn’t have to navigate a maze of agencies to speak up, be heard and get a resolution.
Saving lives with pig livers: FDA approves new trial with a spin on an old treatment
Another promising medical trial could save lives thanks to genetically modified pigs. UNOS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Klein discusses this new development.
Understanding Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD)
Understanding Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) by Andrew Klein, MD, MBA, Chief Medical Officer, UNOS.
Organ donor hospitals and transplant hospitals –how do they differ?
Donor hospitals are not subject to OPTN policies but transplant hospitals are. So who’s responsible for overseeing donor hospitals?
Organs shouldn’t be transported in airline cargo. Here’s why.
Federal regulations don’t prevent unaccompanied organs from flying above the wing – yet they’re being transported as cargo. The government agrees it can improve its communications to airlines and airports to clarify this.
Tales from the OR and how Congress can help
UNOS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Klein shares first-hand experiences as a liver transplant surgeon, and how Congressional action can help strengthen the system.
Innovations and Technology
Introducing UNOS One℠ and the new UNOS Marketplace
UNOS launches UNOS One and UNOS Marketplace to connect organ donation and transplant professionals with data, analytics, and trusted partners, all in one location.
UNOS continues to support new, existing clients with unparalleled business solutions
UNOS continues to provide professional services, develop technology solutions and support clients without disruption.
Transforming transplant program operations with data-driven tools
UNOS offers best-in-class tools tailored to the needs of transplant programs.
Efficiently matching patients with organs for transplant
UNOS’ technology is helping save lives through its ability to quickly and safely implement new policies and match patients with life-saving organs.
Innovations and Technology
Introducing UNOS One℠ and the new UNOS Marketplace
UNOS launches UNOS One and UNOS Marketplace to connect organ donation and transplant professionals with data, analytics, and trusted partners, all in one location.
UNOS continues to support new, existing clients with unparalleled business solutions
UNOS continues to provide professional services, develop technology solutions and support clients without disruption.
Transforming transplant program operations with data-driven tools
UNOS offers best-in-class tools tailored to the needs of transplant programs.
Efficiently matching patients with organs for transplant
UNOS’ technology is helping save lives through its ability to quickly and safely implement new policies and match patients with life-saving organs.
UNOS’ high expectations for IT security standards – and what’s next
UNOS continuously tests, maintains and enhances its technology to ensure it’s safe, secure and meets the highest IT security standards.
What is xenotransplantation, and how far away is it?
UNOS Chief Medical Officer Dr. Andrew Klein explains the complicated treatment that could one day reduce the number of people waiting for a lifesaving transplant.
UNOS’ organ matching technology is working 24/7, 365 days a year
UNOS’ technology is matching critical organs with patients for transplant 365 days a year. Ongoing IT security and stability enhancements provide protection to lifesaving technology.
Research And Data
See your patient population more clearly with the UNOS SDOH Report
The UNOS Social Determinants of Health Report helps transplant programs better understand the social and economic factors affecting their patient populations through center-specific data and regional, peer and national comparisons. These insights can help programs identify trends, support quality improvement and advance more equitable access to transplantation.
UNOS Staffing Survey provides trusted data for staffing decisions
The UNOS Staffing Survey provides transplant programs with reliable national benchmarking data and workforce insights.
IOTA Dashboard brings kidney transplant performance data into focus
UNOS’s IOTA Dashboard helps kidney transplant hospitals track performance and identify improvement opportunities under CMS’s IOTA Model.
UNOS helps power global insights in heart and lung transplantation
As Data Coordinating Center for the International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry, UNOS helps turn global transplant data into insights that improve patient care and support research.
Research and Data
See your patient population more clearly with the UNOS SDOH Report
The UNOS Social Determinants of Health Report helps transplant programs better understand the social and economic factors affecting their patient populations through center-specific data and regional, peer and national comparisons. These insights can help programs identify trends, support quality improvement and advance more equitable access to transplantation.
UNOS Staffing Survey provides trusted data for staffing decisions
The UNOS Staffing Survey provides transplant programs with reliable national benchmarking data and workforce insights.
IOTA Dashboard brings kidney transplant performance data into focus
UNOS’s IOTA Dashboard helps kidney transplant hospitals track performance and identify improvement opportunities under CMS’s IOTA Model.
UNOS helps power global insights in heart and lung transplantation
As Data Coordinating Center for the International Thoracic Organ Transplant Registry, UNOS helps turn global transplant data into insights that improve patient care and support research.
Using AI to identify kidney anatomy issues
Using AI to evaluate organs could help patients receive more successful kidney transplants.
Transplant Role Utilization Survey measures what matters
UNOS’ Transplant Quality Survey empowers transplant quality teams to evaluate team staffing, set clearer goals and improve performance.
UNOS Predict 2.0 allows transplant centers to make smarter, data-driven decisions
User-informed enhancements to UNOS Predict help transplant programs identify trends, anticipate challenges, allocate resources, and make data-driven decisions to improve outcomes.
UNOS Tools transform data overload into clear insights
UNOS Tools help to transform overwhelming transplant data into clear, actionable insights that support faster, more confident decision making.
