• Recording of OPTN task force town hall regarding organ usage and placement efficiency
  Thursday, October 5, 2023
  Task force leadership addresses goals and approaches for the initiative.
  

• Early lung monitoring report shows increase in transplants following implementation of lung continuous distribution
  Tuesday, October 3, 2023
  Report captures three-months of data post implementation of lung continuous distribution.
  

• Two-year monitoring report available for pancreas allocation policies
  Friday, September 29, 2023
  Report captures two-year data post implementation of 250 nautical mile circles.
  

• Six-month monitoring report for OPTN race-neutral eGFR calculations requirement now available
  Friday, September 29, 2023
  This monitoring report presents six-months of post implementation data (July 27, 2022 – Jan. 26, 2023).
  

• Patient information letter updated, now available in additional languages
  Friday, September 29, 2023
  A shareable web-based version of the patient information letter is also now available on the OPTN website.
  

• OPTN research presented at 2023 American Transplant Congress
  Friday, September 29, 2023
  Meeting held in San Diego June 3-7.
  

• OPTN task force to address organ usage and efficiency; town hall set for Oct. 2
  Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  Session will be recorded and archived for future reference.
  

• Updated median MELD at transplant scores in effect Sept. 27
  Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  Scores are updated twice each year.
  

• Learning Congress planned for OPTN DCD Lung Transplant Collaborative
  Thursday, September 14, 2023
  The September Learning Congress, open to all adult lung programs, will mark the conclusion of eight-month collaborative focused on increasing DCD lung transplantation.
  

• New pre-transplant performance metric now in effect, offer acceptance rate ratio
  Thursday, September 14, 2023
  Phase 2 of new system implements to more holistically evaluate transplant program performance.
  

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