Our Organ Donation System Is Broken. Here’s What We Need to Do to Fix It.

Despite a record-breaking number of transplants in the United States (US) in 2023, the country’s organ donation system is broken.

Organ donation in the US is far more efficient now than it was before the transnational network was put in place in the 1980s, but operational issues and negligence plague the system. The product of light regulation and little consequence, these grave operational errors mean life or death for patients waiting for an organ or tissue transplant. But there are better ways to hold the operational entities that run the network accountable. The question is: Will we finally flex our regulatory muscle?

Read the full piece here BU Today by Katherine O’Malley.

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