{"id":6959,"date":"2023-07-05T06:53:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allocare.caredx.com\/?p=6959"},"modified":"2023-07-05T06:53:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T13:53:13","slug":"optn-board-approves-measures-to-improve-kidney-offer-acceptance-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app-allocare-wordpress-linux-prod.azurewebsites.net\/indexphp\/post\/2023\/07\/05\/optn-board-approves-measures-to-improve-kidney-offer-acceptance-process\/","title":{"rendered":"OPTN Board approves measures to improve kidney offer acceptance process"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"simplefavorite-button has-count loading\" data-postid=\"6959\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"\">Loading<span class=\"sf-icon-spinner-wrapper\"><i class=\"sf-icon-spinner\"><\/i><\/span><\/span>\n<p>Richmond, Va., \u2013 The Board of Directors of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, at its meeting June 26, unanimously approved measures intended to improve the process kidney transplant programs use to consider available organ offers. 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