by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
Despite fourteen consecutive years of record US growth in deceased organ donation and world leading transplant rates, there is nonetheless a cottage industry of critics seeking to distort these gains to paint a picture of a US system that never increases donation and...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Dec 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Would you be surprised to learn that the green line above is an OPO projected to be CMS Tier 2 and the red line is an OPO projected to be CMS Tier 1? This makes no sense! Well, a newly published peer-reviewed study identifies a substantial statistical methodology...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Nov 5, 2024 | Debunking Myths, News
A recently published peer-reviewed article in Critical Care Medicine, a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, found major that Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs) approached families for organ donation at the same rates, regardless of race or ethnicity....
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Sep 15, 2024 | News
The nation’s two foremost organizations representing expertise in donation and transplant warned federal policymakers this week that the US’ world leading system of organ donation and life-saving transplant will be jeopardized if policy is driven by misinformation,...
by Sean Fitzpatrick | Jul 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
Despite record levels of donation and transplant, faulty federal regulations threaten the closure of organ procurement organizations across the United States. The New Hampshire Bulleting is covering the issue indepth… “We recognize no regulation is ‘perfect,’...
