This post is part of a four-part series exploring how OPOs are using CompuMed’s AI-powered data capture, visualization and summarization innovation to improve lung donor management. Each blog highlights a different way this first-of-its-kind tool helps the right information reach the right decision-makers in real-time. In this installment, the Center for Donation and Transplant of New York shares how the tool helped streamline staff onboarding and transplant more lungs.
For some time, the Center for Donation and Transplant (CDT) of New York has hired organ recovery coordinators from a wide range of professional backgrounds. While it was clear the team needed a system to reduce variability and accelerate training, that kind of consistency had been out of reach – until now.
In spring 2025, CDT piloted CompuMed’s new donor management dashboard, an AI-powered platform designed to capture, consolidate and visualize key clinical data in real-time. Built to help teams better communicate critical information to donation and transplantation decision-makers, the dashboard also opened the door to a faster, more consistent approach to staff onboarding.
Dan DiSante, director of Clinical Operations at CDT, says his team quickly saw the value in the platform’s ability to streamline staff training, particularly in lung donor management. He says even new staff without a clinical background were able to contribute in meaningful ways within weeks of joining the organization.
“I didn’t hire a nurse; I hired a biology major,” says Dan. “Within two months, they were allocating lungs through this system, getting all the information to the right people—and the lungs were transplanted.”
Onboarding Time Trimmed by 30%
Historically, CDT’s training process for new organ recovery coordinators has spanned several months. A significant portion of that time, sometimes up to 90 days, was dedicated to lung management, particularly for new hires without prior clinical experience.
“Previously, we focused on training new hires to understand ventilators, fluid balance and other areas of lung donor management,” Dan shared with a standing-room-only crowd during a breakout session on CompuMed’s innovation at the 2025 AOPO Annual Meeting.
He went on to explain how the dashboard changes that. Rather than training coordinators to interpret clinical data, Dan says CDT now focuses on teaching them to capture and share it. The platform’s AI handles the rest, showing coordinators where they are in the process and organizing the data into a real-time summary that physician consultants, AOCs and other subject matter experts can review.
“We’ve taken our training time and trimmed it by 30% just by removing the focus on lung management,” Dan told the audience at AOPO. “Now, the coordinator is coordinating. They’re not acting as a clinician.”
Key Features That Make It Possible
CompuMed’s platform leverages AI to extract, synthesize and summarize key clinical information gathered using data capture tools – especially from unstructured sources, such as images. Its core features include:
- Secure, versatile data capture: via mobile photos, direct uploads, screencasts and more
- Customizable lung evaluation checklist: to standardize the information collected
- Data progress indicators: so coordinators can easily confirm all required data has been submitted
- Real-time AI summaries: to highlight donor characteristics and a timeline of donor management
In practice, this means that instead of manually interpreting ventilator settings, a coordinator captures a photo, verifies that the data from that photo transferred accurately and receives an AI summary that leads to better-informed expert guidance. Each time the process is repeated, the AI summary is updated, ensuring everyone remains on the same page.
“This is a huge piece for training, especially for new hires coming out after two to three months of experience and getting the right data to the subject matter experts,” said Dan.
Designed for Simplicity and Confidence
According to CDT clinical educator June Delisle, the platform’s intuitive design is also a benefit.
“The general consensus with our team is that it’s very user-friendly,” said June.
“We also have the ability to look back and make sure all of the data extracted was complete and accurate to go into our summaries,” she added.
This ease of use helps new hires feel comfortable with the system and ensures experienced team members and subject matter experts can trust the data submitted.
A Safety Net for Turnover
While staff turnover is a persistent challenge for OPOs, CDT’s team sees this innovation as part of the solution.
“There’s natural turnover in this industry due to the stress levels and the hours worked,” said Dan. “We’re constantly training because we’re continuously rehiring.”
Reducing that training time makes a difference both financially and operationally.
“Turnover will happen,” said Dan. “But this platform helps you move forward without losing momentum.”
As Dan revealed, the tool has already helped CDT streamline staff onboarding and enabled new team members to help facilitate successful lung transplants.
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