SRTR

The Chronic Disease Research Group, a division of the Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (HHRI), operates the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) under contract from the Division of Transplantation, Health Systems Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The SRTR contractor is responsible for providing statistical & other analytic support to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) for purposes including the formulation and evaluation of organ allocation and other OPTN policies. Additionally, SRTR provides analytic support to HHS in a variety of areas including: policy formulation and evaluation, system performance metrics, economic analysis, and preparation of recurring and special reports to Congress.

Section 373 of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act requires the operation of SRTR to support ongoing evaluation of the scientific & clinical status of solid organ transplantation.