Takeaways:

• Organ donation and transplantation have increased substantially in the U.S. and regionally over the past five years.
• High performance in the system relies on close collaboration for early referral of all potential donors from hospitals to the OPO.
• Authorization for organ donation improves when the OPO and hospital teams work together to approach families.
• Innovations in donation have enabled the use of organs from medically complex and older donors for the benefit of patients awaiting transplants.