Audience

• Primary Data Coordinators, Physicians, Program Administrators and Surgeons at heart and lung programs
• Transplant Program’s Clinical Coordinators, Administrators/Managers, Program Directors, Medical Directors and Surgical Directors at heart and lung programs
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Implementation date
Oct. 28, 2020

At-a-glance statement

The following changes to the diagnosis code drop

Preliminary results of the 2018 Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network modified adult heart allocation revision show the policy is achieving its intended goals.

United Network for Organ Sharing research led by research science manager Rebecca Goff, Ph.D., analyzed OPTN data, including early outcomes, geographical distribution, and waitlist and transplant characteristics, a year before, and a year

As an organ procurement trainer at the Center for Organ Recovery and Education, Nicole Medwick is focused on making sure that the right organ reaches the right patient at the right time.

“At CORE we are always looking for new and innovative ways to improve our key processes,” she said.

So when CORE’s

To match clinical outcomes of heart transplantation against histopathological and ultrastructural characteristics of marginal grafts preserved by cold storage or ex vivo normothermic perfusion.

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network is offering 10 items for public comment beginning Aug. 4.

We encourage patients, transplant candidates and recipients, living donors, donor families and transplant professionals to learn more about the proposals and provide valuable feedback to help shape U.S. organ transplant policy. To make the nation’s organ donation and transplantation