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COVID-19 Changes: Upcoming Adjustments to Transplant Program and OPO Evaluation Metrics

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COVID-19 Changes: Upcoming Adjustments to Transplant Program and OPO Evaluation Metrics SRTR The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), under contract from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is charged with evaluating the performance of the nation’s transplant system through publication of semi-annual transplant program-specific reports (PSRs) and organ procurement organization (OPO)-specific reports (OSRs). These reports contain performance metrics covering various time periods. For OPOs, these metrics include eligible death conversion rates and deceased donor organ yield. For transplant programs, they include waitlist mortality rates, transplant rates, organ offer acceptance rates, patient mortality after listing, and 1-month, 1-year, and 3-year posttransplant outcomes including graft survival and patient survival. In light of the current global pandemic, SRTR will be modifying the evaluation metrics for transplant programs and OPOs. READ MORE

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