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ACS Update - How We’re Transforming ACS Clinical Data (January 2026) 

Update from Dr. Ryutaro Hirose, Chair of the ASTS NSQIP Committee: (March 2026)

The NSQIP Transplant Advisory Committee leadership has been meeting with ACS leadership to discuss the next steps for the program.

ACS has informed us that they plan to roll out an updated version of NSQIP to pilot centers in late 2026. As part of this effort, ACS will be working with EPIC to automate the data capture process using machine learning and AI, which is expected to eliminate the need for a dedicated full-time employee at each participating center. ACS will select pilot sites from centers that have implemented the February 2026 EPIC update. ASTS has not yet been informed which centers have been selected. However, if a transplant center is selected for the pilot, ACS will utilize our variables in that pilot.

While we await additional details from ACS regarding the launch, we are reviewing the kidney and liver variables to ensure alignment with the updated variable sets provided by ACS. We will continue to share updates as more information becomes available.

Thank you for your continued patience and we look forward to the program’s launch.

 

 

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NSQIP Transplant was designed by transplant surgeons as a Clinical Quality Registry that allows transplant centers to

  • Accurately track outcomes such as infections, unplanned return to the OR, and surgical complications and re-admissions,
  • Compare results in a risk-adjusted fashion with other centers with similar volume of cases.

To encourage participation and facilitate quality improvement, the data is secure and analyses are confidential (never released to the public or insurers). Your individual data is visible only to you--the results of others are aggregated and anonymous.

Results from the beta phase of the program in the United States demonstrated variation in performance between transplant centers. Participating sites have used this data to initiate quality improvement projects targeting urinary tract infection and re-admissions. In short, this program is an opportunity for our field to examine outcomes beyond recipient and graft survival, and start to tackle the many postoperative issues that impact our patients’ lives and costs of the care. 

Transplant Center Benefits:

  • Reduction of complications, length of stay, and readmissions 
  • De-identified patient data from other programs to help answer critical clinical questions 
  • May be a platform on which to build clinical trials 
  • Dashboards and reports can be a foundation of Transplant Center Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement efforts as required by CMS Conditions of Participation 
  • Patient-reported outcomes tool may be built on this platform
  • Aid in determining the importance of social determinants of health for post-transplant outcomes 

If you are interested, please indicate the responsible director of the transplant program and the transplant administrator at your hospital below. 

My transplant center uses Epic.

 

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