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At a Dec. 4, 2023 meeting, the OPTN Board of Directors restored full member privileges for Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa.

Read a message from the OPTN Board President on waiting time adjustments for kidney transplant candidates affected by eGFR race-based calculations.

Learn about a correction to the programming criteria for auto-approving a MELD or PELD exception score for a group of liver transplant candidates.

A data monitoring report shows Black kidney candidates are receiving waiting time modifications after the implementation of new policies.

Read a report showing that lung transplants continue to increase six months post-implementation of the continuous distribution policy.

Access a one-year monitoring report regarding an urgent exception status policy for candidates who have an implanted heart assist device under recall.

View a list of studies related to OPTN topics that were presented at the 2023 American Public Health Association (APHA) annual meeting.

Learn about an OPTN lung data dashboard that offers enhanced insights into lung allocation under continuous distribution.

Learn about an OPTN webinar for organ donation and transplant professionals, addressing changes to the OPTN computer system access policy.

Learn about a webinar updating OPTN volunteers on the OPTN Modernization Initiative, launched in 2023 to better serve patient and family needs.