he UW Health Lung Transplant Program has the highest one-year survival rate in the nation, according to new federal quality data.
Each January and July, the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients, also called SRTR, a national quality tracker overseen by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, releases statistics to rate transplant programs across the United States.
Lung programs are evaluated in several key categories including one-year organ survival and the time it takes to receive a transplant. The UW Health Lung Transplant Program ranked first in the nation in both categories, according to the most recent report.
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