United Network for Organ Sharing

A recent report is critical of the conduct of the United Network for Organ Sharing.  In Transplant monitor lax in oversight, LA Times, Oct. 22, 2006, Charles Ornstein and Tracy Weber report that the UNOS

often fails to detect or decisively fix problems at derelict hospitals — even when patients are dying at excessive rates.  When it does act, the United Network for Organ Sharing routinely keeps findings of its investigations secret, leaving patients and their families unaware of the potential risks, interviews and confidential records show.