Tools for Transplant Hospitals

UNOS research and analytics for transplant programs

A powerful suite of data and research analytics services, the UNOS tools help transplant programs improve patient outcomes, stay ahead of regulatory requirements, and drive quality and performance improvement initiatives.

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TRANSPLANT BENCHMARK REPORT

Compare. Understand. Improve.

Benchmark your data against other programs.

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Standard report

UNOS provides transplant hospitals with quarterly Benchmark Reports, offering insights into patient populations, listing practices, and transplant activity. Compare your data regionally, nationally, and with similarly sized programs.

Branded report

Complete your report with a custom look—include your corporate logos and colors in addition to the standard UNOS branding. The result? A professional-looking document perfect for executive presentations.

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CARE TOOL

Learn what happened to the organs you turned down

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Understand your organ acceptance behavior

Identify actionable opportunities to increase organ acceptance and save more lives—without compromising outcomes—using this powerful, weekly-updated dashboard.

Get specific

  • Visualize your organ acceptance for specific types of donors to transplant more organs

  • Learn what happened to the organs you turned down – get transplant-specific and aggregate outcomes

  • See maps to understand where your organs are coming from

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TRANSPLANT PROGRAM DASHBOARD

Monitor and benchmark activity and performance

Track pre and post-transplant patient metrics

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Personalized interactive dashboard

This tool (updated monthly) allows you to select specific transplant hospitals as your benchmarks. Get insights into:

·  Waiting list additions by various candidate characteristics

· Current waiting list demographics (diagnosis, active/inactive, medical urgency, etc.)

· Waiting list outcomes (transplant and mortality rates)

· Transplant activity including recipient demographics and donor characteristics

· Understand your post-transplant outcomes including causes of death/failure, length of stay, and evaluation of graft outcomes

· Understand where patients from each state are being transplanted

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UNOS PREDICT

Forecast program trends and take action

Know where you stand ahead of the PSRs

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Track and predict program trends

Proactively track your risk-adjusted outcomes for future program-specific report (PSR) cohorts with this dynamic, monthly-updated dashboard—empowering you to stay ahead of trends and drive continuous improvement

Use these metrics to implement improvement plans in advance of future PSRs and avoid getting flagged by the MPSC

Get specific

  • Users can customize the dashboard using filter selections for organ types, outcomes, donor type, and age groups

  • The dashboard displays observed and expected rates, hazard ratios, and red and yellow zone thresholds for performance monitoring

As close to real time as possible

  • Data points captured and publicly released by SRTR tell the data story retroactively

  • UNOS Predict provides data closer to real time, allowing your program to make improvements and course correct before it’s too late

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KEY INSIGHTS DASHBOARD

Executive level pulse check for your program

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Big picture

Updated weekly, this interactive dashboard showcases 24 high-level indicators—carefully selected by a peer-led working group and refreshed annually to reflect evolving trends—giving you a clear view of what matters most.

Make data-supported decisions

Quickly check trends for important measures:

  • Waitlist additions

  • Waitlist management

  • Transplants performed

  • Donor characteristics

  • Organ offers

  • Outcomes

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UNOS STAFFING SURVEY

Leverage the power of your most valuable asset - your staff

Developed by and for Transplant Administrators

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Gain essential insights by participating

The UNOS Staffing Survey is the only tool of its kind tailored specifically for transplant programs. Participating allows you to:

  • View summary and comparison staffing data from other programs to assist with your planning and hiring strategies

  • Understand staffing trends and strategies by reviewing aggregate data

  • Analyze results via a dashboard or export data for easy reporting

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UNOS RFI

Payor forms simplified. Never miss a deadline.

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Streamlined experience

Share your information with multiple payors through a single data collection tool.

  • Information from previous year’s submission comes pre-filled

  • Accessible directly through Secure Enterprise

  • Filter forms by progress status