Donation Perspectives & Community Pulse
Donation Perspectives is AOPO’s blog series sharing stories, insights, and progress from across the donation and transplantation community. Community Pulse brings in guest voices from OPOs, partners, clinicians, and advocates to showcase collaboration, community engagement, organ utilization efforts, and emerging trends that honor the gift of life and help save more lives.
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End of Year Message from AOPO President Barry Massa
End of Year Message from AOPO President Barry Massa With 2022 coming to a close, I wanted to take this opportunity to say “thank you” to all of our OPO members and their staff for helping us to make big strides toward saving more lives. We are ending this year on a...
AOPO Helps Develop Emerging Leaders in Organ Donation and Transplantation
AOPO Helps Develop Emerging Leaders in Organ Donation and Transplantation We’ve taken another step toward our commitment to help grow the number of diverse leaders in the organ donation community. The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) launched its...
AOPO Shares Impact of Proposed CMS Reimbursement Changes on the Organ Donation and Transplantation System
AOPO Shares Impact of Proposed CMS Reimbursement Changes on the Organ Donation and Transplantation System; OPOs Come Together in Washington to Meet with Congress It’s been an important week at the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO). We submitted...
New AOPO Initiatives will Advance Diversity in OPOs and Cultivate Future Leaders
New AOPO Initiatives will Advance Diversity in OPOs and Cultivate Future Leaders Earlier today, we announced several key initiatives aimed at increasing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) community. All of these efforts...
AOPO Addresses Information in Senate Finance Committee Hearing & Report on Organ Transplantation
AOPO Addresses Information in Senate Finance Committee Hearing & Report on Organ Transplantation The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) filed a statement with the Senate Finance Committee sharing its views on its recent hearing and report on...
AOPO Annual Meeting Results in New Ideas and Recommendations on How to Save More Lives
AOPO Annual Meeting Results in New Ideas and Recommendations on How to Save More Lives The rooms were packed, the speakers were insightful, and collaboration abounded. I’m referring to The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations’ (AOPO) 39th Annual Meeting that...
AOPO Rallies OPOs to Improve the Organ Donation and Transplantation System
AOPO Rallies OPOs to Improve the Organ Donation and Transplantation System It is a proud time to be leading organ procurement organizations (OPOs) across the nation to address improvements in the organ donation and transplantation system. Much of our effort surrounds...
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...