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Every year, 6,000 people die waiting for a transplant. The U.S. organ transplant system is antiquated – and updating it could save thousands of lives.
The United Network for Oran Sharing (UNOS) has offered the following guidance to transplant centers and Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO) regarding Zika virus. The Organ Procurement and ...
Organ transplants set records over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to preliminary data from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). The nonprofit that manages the US transplant ...
Diane Brockmeier, the CEO of Mid-America Transplant, a regional organ procurement organization, said last summer that UNOS’ software is slow and out of date.
The AdventHealth Transplant Institute has performed over 6,300 transplants in the last 50 years, and the hospital could have performed more if not for the failures of UNOS, Friedman said.