Aiming for a Patient-Centered Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network
In the United States, more than 103,000 individuals are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, of which kidney transplant candidates comprise the largest group at nearly 90,000 people. For kidney failure patients, dialysis offers life-sustaining therapy. However, the risk of mortality and morbidity continues during dialysis,1 while transplant extends life expectancy for waitlisted individuals.2 There are 564,488 individuals on dialysis in 2021, but only 12.3% are waitlisted.3 The Health Resources and Services Administration 4 has recognized the urgency felt by waitlisted individuals and is taking action to modernize the 40-year-old American transplant system.
