OPTN Strategic Plan

John R. Lake, MDPresident

June 25-26, 2012Richmond, VA

What are the ends OPTN needs to achieve over the next 3-5 years? New program initiatives; e.g.:

Allocation: Increased number of transplants, Improved access (fairness), Best use (survival)

Patient safety: Recipients; Living donors New program areas? e.g.: VCA, Mechanical, Tissue, Expanded use of data

What are likely implications of changes for current operations? OPTN policy infrastructure and policy process New contractor capabilities New contract costs

Given the scope of likely requirements and available revenue: What are OPTN goals and strategic objectives for the next 3-5 years

Issues addressed by the OPTN Strategic Plan

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The OPTN promotes long, healthy and productive lives for persons with organ failure by promoting maximized

organ supply, effective and safe care, and equitable organ allocation and access to transplantation; and doing so by balancing competing goals in ways that

are transparent, inclusive, and enhance public trust in the national organ donation system.

OPTN Vision Statement

Goal 1: Increase the number of transplants

Goal 2: Increase access to transplants

Goal 3: Improve survival for patients with end stage organ failure

Goal 4: Promote transplant patient safety

Goal 5: Promote living donor safety

Goal 6: Promote the efficient management of the OPTN

OPTN Key Goals

Strategies and Initiatives for Achieving the Goals of the

OPTN

Strategies for Achieving Goal I:Increase the number of transplants

Strategies for Achieving Goal I:Increase the number of transplants (cont’d)

Encourage the effective, ethical use of donation after circulatory death

Resolve the OPTN’s role in operating a KPD system

Collaborate with other organizations to increase the number of individuals signed up on state organ donor registries

Key Initiatives for Goal 1

Key Initiatives for Goal 1 (cont’d)

Strategies for Achieving Goal 2:Increase access to transplants

Promote broader distribution of organs

Identify and address, as appropriate, barriers to referrals to transplant

Develop guiding principles for multi-organ allocation

Key Initiatives for Goal 2

Strategies for Achieving Goal 3:Improve survival for patients with end stage organ failureBetter match donated organs to recipients

Collaborate with other organizations to develop educational materials for transplant recipients and professionals

Key Initiatives for Goal 3

Strategies for Achieving Goal 4: Promote transplant patient safety

Key Initiatives for Goal 4

Strategies for Achieving Goal 5: Promote living donor safety

Key Initiatives for Goal 5

Strategies for Achieving Goal 6:Promote the efficient management of the OPTN

Strategies for Achieving Goal 6:Promote the efficient management of the OPTN (cont’d)

Key Initiatives for Goal 6

Key Initiatives for Goal 6 (cont’d)

Key Initiatives for Goal 6 (cont’d)

UNOS staff are developing measurable, accountable milestones for each initiative, which will be submitted to the Executive Committee, and will regularly report progress toward those milestones

Milestones

Thank you!

Questions?