- Industry: Government; Health care
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HRSA is the primary U.S. Federal agency for improving access to health care services for people who are uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable.
The percentage of times a death meeting eligible criteria (eligible death) becomes an actual donor.
Industry:Health care
The primary healthcare agency of the federal government that deals with health access issues. Its role is to make essential primary care service available to poor, uninsured and geographically underserved populations. HRSA is a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The Division of Transplantation (DoT) is a component of HRSA's Healthcare Systems Bureau (HSB). HRSA provides funding for the OPTN contract.
Industry:Health care
The principal organization of board-certified pathologists organized to serve and represent the interest of patients, pathologist, and the public by fostering excellence in the practice of pathology and laboratory medicine.
Industry:Health care
The private, nonprofit membership organization that coordinates the nation's transplant system through HRSA's OPTN contract. As OPTN contractor, UNOS is responsible for meeting all contract requirements. As contractor since the first OPTN contract award in 1986, UNOS has established and continually strives to improve tools, systems and quality processes that support OPTN contract objectives and requirements. These include:
* Managing the national organ transplant waiting list
* Collecting, managing and reporting of sensitive clinical data in a secure, fail-safe environment
* Facilitating an open, inclusive forum for development and continuous refinement of evidence-based policies and standards
* Member and policy performance assessment to ensure equitable, safe treatment of candidates and recipients
* Increasing donation and making the most of every organ that is donated through professional education, outcomes research, patient services and resources and public and professional education
* Continuously improving the care, quality of life and outcomes of organ transplant candidates and recipients.
Industry:Health care
The process and critical pathways used to medically care for donors in order to keep their organs viable until organ recovery can occur.
Industry:Health care
The process of determining how organs are distributed. Allocation includes the system of policies and guidelines, which ensure that organs are distributed in an equitable, ethical and medically sound manner.
Industry:Health care
The program of the Federal government that provides hospital and medical insurance, through social security taxes, to people age 65 and over, those who have permanent kidney failure and certain people with disabilities.
Industry:Health care
