Donation Perspectives
AOPO’s Donor Remembrance Day Shines Light on Organ Donation Heroes
AOPO’s Donor Remembrance Day Shines Light on Organ Donation Heroes April is the time for new life brought about by Spring. So it’s timely that the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) and the organ donation community take this time to educate the...
NASEM Report Shares Top Ways to Improve Organ Donation & Transplantation, Creating a More Equitable System
NASEM Report Shares Top Ways to Improve Organ Donation & Transplantation, Creating a More Equitable System As you’ve heard me say before, collaboration is how we will advance and save more lives. An important next step in this quest came recently when the National...
AOPO Submits Recommendations to CMS on Improving Organ Donation and Transplantation
AOPO Submits Recommendations to CMS on Improving Organ Donation and Transplantation It has been a busy time as the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) worked with its members on comments submitted this week in response to the recent Center for...
OPTN 2021 Data Shows AOPO Members Help Save Record Number of Lives
OPTN 2021 Data Shows AOPO Members Help Save Record Number of Lives What a way to start the new year! The Organ Procurement Transplant Network (OPTN) announced record results this week for organ donation and transplantation outcomes in 2021. For the first time, more...
AOPO Members Share Data and Best Practices to Save More Lives
AOPO Members Share Data and Best Practices to Save More Lives As we wind down 2021, I can’t help but reflect on the incredible momentum surrounding increasing organ donations and saving more lives. Evidence of this surfaced at the Association of Organ Procurement...
AOPO Members Meet in Washington, D.C. to Address Increasing Organ Donation and Transplantation in the U.S.
AOPO Members Meet in Washington, D.C. to Address Increasing Organ Donation and Transplantation in the U.S. The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) hosted our annual Directors Workshop of OPO member leaders in Washington, DC, this week to address...
AOPO Survey Shows OPO Ingenuity and Collaboration Contribute to Record Transplantation Rates
Have you heard the news? We are making a difference. Earlier this week we announced that a majority of our organ procurement organization (OPO) members have cultivated and/or adopted new technology and innovations. This is contributing to the increase in organ...
AOPO is Taking Action to Increase Minority Organ Donors
As we kick off National Minority Donor Awareness Month, the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) is establishing an action plan and partnering with the National Multicultural Action Group (NMAG) to address the need for more organ, eye, and tissue...
AOPO Unveils Plan at its Annual Meeting to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Organ Donation
We are fresh out of the AOPO Annual Meeting where our theme was 50K by 2026: Continuing the Journey. We discussed AOPO’s commitment to reaching 50 thousand organ transplants by 2026 and how we will accomplish this through systemwide collaboration to increase donation...
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Helps Shed Light on Organ Inequity; AOPO Identifies it as a Priority in Newly Released 50,000 Organ Transplants by 2026 Campaign
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, a time to celebrate and pay tribute to AAPI cultures. In recognition of these multiethnic communities, the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) plans to address organ donation inequity...