The U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) has published a document outlining its progress in modernizing the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN) as required by recent legislation. The idea was to make the system less dependent on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), which had been the single federal contractor running the OPTN since its inception. For the time being, at least, it appears that UNOS will continue to run the organ allocation system.
Modernizing the Nation’s Organ Donation, Procurement, and Transplantation System
"For more than 35 years, the OPTN was operated through a single national contract.
"While this structure supported growth in organ donation, procurement and transplantation, the increasing complexity of modern medicine and the demands of real-time technology, safety, data, and public accountability required a new approach.
"The bipartisan 2023 Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplant Network Act gave a clear mandate: bring the OPTN into the modern era of governance, technology, and healthcare delivery".
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