Update on 2015 OPTN/UNOS Strategic Plan: Allocation of Effort and Distribution of Manpower

The process by which the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) allocates its effort is central to the pursuit of its mission. UNOS serves to support the field of solid organ and vascularized composite allograft transplantation and donation, and its many members, as well as to meet the requirements in its role as the contractor for the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). As the responsibilities of UNOS have increased markedly over the past three decades, the role of strategic planning has become increasingly critical in providing direction to the organization. Over the course of the past 18 months, the organization has undertaken a re-assessment of its strategic goals and generated a modified set of goals to guide its function from 2015 to 2018. A key feature of this new strategic plan is the delineation of not only the goals to be pursued but also the relative effort to be deployed in support of each goal, as determined by the transplant community. The process by which these goals were developed and resources allocated in support of the goals is detailed.

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Author Carl Berg Medicine, Gastroenterology