• National collaborative focusing on organ offer acceptance to enhance system efficiency will kick off in person in January 2023
  Monday, January 16, 2023
  More than 80 transplant programs are participating in the project.
  

• 2022 organ transplants again set annual records; organ donation from deceased donors continues 12-year record-setting trend
  Tuesday, January 10, 2023
  Total kidney transplants exceeded 25,000 for the first year ever; annual records also set for liver, heart and lung transplants.
  

• OPTN Board approves waiting time adjustment for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
  Thursday, January 5, 2023
  Race-inclusive eGFR calculations have been shown to disadvantage Black people with kidney disease.
  

• OPTN Board approved measures to support new lung allocation policy
  Thursday, January 5, 2023
  Other board actions include approving waiting time modifications for Black kidney candidates disadvantaged by race-inclusive calculations, and updates to NLRB guidance.
  

• Transplant patient webinar addresses upcoming changes to lung distribution
  Wednesday, December 28, 2022
  The OPTN will host a webinar for transplant patients to learn about upcoming changes to lung distribution.
  

• Three-month monitoring report for heart policy following a device recall now available
  Wednesday, December 21, 2022
  Report shows key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in July 2022.
  

• Two-year monitoring report available for the elimination of the use of DSAs in heart allocation
  Tuesday, December 20, 2022
  Report shows key measures of adult heart allocation based on policy changes implemented in January 2020.
  

• Nominees chosen for 2023 Board of Directors election
  Friday, December 16, 2022
  Voting members will receive election materials in January 2023.
  

• Simulated modeling results now available for continuous distribution of kidney and pancreas
  Wednesday, December 14, 2022
  Report evaluates and compares several potential scenarios, will inform committees in their work.
  

• OPTN using a collaborative improvement model to increase DCD lung transplantation
  Wednesday, December 14, 2022
  29 lung transplant programs are participating in the project.
  

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