{ "docId": "019dd923-622c-750b-8b9a-40e2965928db", "docSlug": "e5bffbaac707", "documentTitle": "TransMedics (TMDX)", "authorId": "58_Scorpion_Capital", "authorName": "Scorpion Capital", "documentKindSlug": "research-note", "documentKindLabel": "Research note", "sourceTypeSlug": "short_seller", "sourceTypeLabel": "Short seller", "presentationDate": "2025-01-10 00:00:00", "orientation": "landscape", "aspectRatio": 1.3333334, "pageNumber": 150, "pageCount": 342, "prevPage": 149, "nextPage": 151, "slideType": "expose_contradiction", "function": "expose_contradiction", "density": "balanced", "nDataPoints": 0, "notes": "The slide uses a Q&A transcript format to highlight potential ethical concerns regarding vendor access to sensitive medical data.", "elementsJson": [ "paragraph", "quote_block", "footnote" ], "metadataConfidence": 1, "imagePath": null, "slideHref": "/slides/019dd923-622c-750b-8b9a-40e2965928db/150", "deckHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b9a-40e2965928db", "deckJsonHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b9a-40e2965928db.json", "deckAnchorHref": "/decks/019dd923-622c-750b-8b9a-40e2965928db#slide-150", "components": [ { "bbox": null, "kind": "callout", "text": "Access to DonorNet would allow TransMedics to view patient medical information and the ability to steer cases onto its device.", "attrs": null, "subkind": null, "toolName": "Visual emphasis", "toolSlug": "visual-emphasis", "confidence": null, "componentId": "019dd953-5373-719d-a97d-276edf1a20b6", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.52, "w": 0.86, "x": 0.07, "y": 0.41 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "TransMedics allegedly has a login to DonorNet\nQ: “Why did they want access to that system? That seems highly inappropriate.”\nA: “Yeah, it is inappropriate, and they weren’t granted access, thankfully. But I think what they wanted to see was—because every time a new potential donor becomes available, someone at the OPO is entering that data into this computer system. You can see at any given time which donors are in the pipe, which ones are in the cue. And so, they probably, I would imagine they wanted to go and review their clinical information to see if they might be a good candidate for the device. I don’t know what they were going to do with that information, like try to persuade the OPO or try to persuade the surgeon at the transplant center that accepted it; I don’t know.”\nQ: “Do you think they have—they must have access to Donor Net through other OPOs that they’re close to?”\nA: “That’s all easy to - yeah, they might. You have to have a business code. You have to be a vendor in the UNOS system to be able to assign access to you. I’m sure they have a code. Anyone could look and see who they have access to. It’s not something that’s transparent. Although, I suppose an OPO could give a vendor access through their own login.” – Transplant administrator", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "0b872f27-e2fe-4dde-9329-075b86949fb6", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": { "h": 0.35, "w": 0.86, "x": 0.07, "y": 0.07 }, "kind": "paragraph", "text": "The transplant executive stated that “yeah, it is inappropriate and they weren’t granted access, thankfully” – at least by that OPO. Access to DonorNet would allow TransMedics to view patient medical information and the ability to steer cases onto its device: “you can see at any given times which donors are in the pipe...they wanted to go and review their clinical information to see if they might be a good candidate for the device...to persuade the OPO or try to persuade the surgeon at the transplant center that accepted it...I’m sure they have a code...it’s not something that’s transparent...an OPO could give a vendor access through their own login.”", "attrs": null, "subkind": "paragraph", "toolName": null, "toolSlug": null, "confidence": null, "componentId": "d6d410ef-ff6a-4378-b8a6-e61946defdb2", "frameworkName": null, "frameworkSlug": null }, { "bbox": null, "kind": "quote", "text": "Yeah, it is inappropriate, and they weren’t granted access, thankfully. But I think what they wanted to see was—because every time a new potential donor becomes available, someone at the OPO is entering that data into this computer system. You can see at any given time which donors are in the pipe, which ones are in the cue. And so, they probably, I would imagine they wanted to go and review their clinical information to see if they might be a good candidate for the device. I don’t know what they were going to do with that information, like try to persuade the OPO or try to persuade the surgeon at the transplant center that accepted it; I don’t know. ... I’m sure they have a code. Anyone could look and see who they have access to. It’s not something that’s transparent. 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