conduct or support evaluation research to determine whether interventions, technologies, or other activities improve the effectiveness, efficiency, or quality of existing organ donation practice;

undertake or support periodic reviews of the scientific literature to assist efforts of professional societies to ensure that the clinical practice guidelines that they develop reflect the latest scientific findings;

ensure that scientific evidence of the research and other activities undertaken under this section is readily accessible by the organ procurement workforce; and

work in coordination with the appropriate professional societies as well as the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and other organ procurement and transplantation organizations to develop evidence and promote the adoption of such proven practices.

develop a uniform clinical vocabulary for organ recovery;

apply information technology and telecommunications to support the clinical operations of organ procurement organizations;

enhance the skill levels of the organ procurement workforce in undertaking quality improvement activities; and

assess specific organ recovery, preservation, and transportation technologies.