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Read a data monitoring report on a policy change to prohibit transplant programs from using calculations that include a race-based variable.

Access the updated patient information letter required by OPTN policy. The letter is also now available in Spanish, French, Korean, and Aramaic.

View a list of 34 research studies relating to OPTN topics that were presented at the 2023 American Transplant Congress.

The OPTN announces an update to the median MELD at transplant (MMaT) values, which affect many liver transplant candidates with exception scores.

Learn about a town hall meeting about plans for a task force to gather community feedback on improving the efficiency of organ usage and placement.

Learn about the offer acceptance ratio, a new risk-adjusted pre-transplant performance monitoring metric, which went into effect on July 27, 2023.

Learn about the Learning Congress, which concluded the OPTN DCD Lung Transplant Collaborative by highlighting the work of 29 participating hospitals.

Learn about improvements to OPTN policies on the medical urgency scores used to prioritize liver transplant candidates.

Learn about a new OPTN dashboard showing trends in integration between OPTN member organizations’ computer systems and the OPTN computer system.

The OPTN offers 14 items for review during the summer 2023 public comment cycle and encourages the community to provide feedback.