> The tech is so bad. The United States Digital Service found 17 days of downtime in recent years.
If anyone is curious, a total of 17 days since 1999 according to a report obtained by the Washington Post from 2021.
> Until recently, the algorithm that was protecting all organ donor patient information in the country, so STI status, mental health, every physical history, was from 1996.
The algorithm? Huh? But it actually does seem serious that they have "denied nearly 100 federal requests to audit source code, reported The Washington Post." UNOS said they would have pentesting done in the WaPo article, but I couldn't find any reporting on if they actually followed through.
Additional sources:
https://fedscoop.com/usds-organ-transplant-system-shakeup/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/07/31/unos-transp...