A driving force of OPTN activities is achieving dramatic annual increases in the number of deceased donors, the average number of organs transplanted from deceased donors and the total number of deceased donor organs transplanted.

In 2004, the organ transplantation program participated in a systematic assessment of its performance as part of an overall effort to push the network toward more transparency in its plans and results, and toward better performance in meeting its goals.

A set of challenging program performance goals were then developed for the organ transplantation program by HHS and OMB.

View progress toward the HHS Program Goals now