Category Archives: Clinical Care
13 Holiday Diet Tips to Share with Your Kidney Patients
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and New Year’s Day: These holidays and others tend to revolve around traditions that include food, which can pose a…
Continue Reading »Holiday Prep: Online Tools for the Kidney Diet
With the holidays right around the corner, it’s all the more important for your patients with kidney disease to understand and adhere to their complex…
Continue Reading »Kidney Disease, Diabetes and Patient Empowerment
“Patient” is not a third-person word. Effective diabetes management does not come from the exam room, but rather from the living room, gym, dining room…
Continue Reading »3 Contemporary Initiatives for Diabetes-Related Renal Health
As the leading cause of end stage renal disease (ESRD), diabetes requires significant attention from the renal community—to effectively prevent and manage diabetes before it…
Continue Reading »Reducing Infections in Dialysis Patients
Replacing central venous catheters (CVCs) with fistulas can help reduce infection rates in dialysis patients. However, reducing CVCs can be challenging. In this video, Cara…
Continue Reading »Understanding the CMS Five-Star Methodology Change
Five-Star Overview The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Five-Star Quality Rating System, implemented in January 2015, evaluates the quality of care provided by…
Continue Reading »Five-Star Works for Those Who Matter Most—Patients
Article summary Transparency is reshaping healthcare and empowering consumers in ways many did not think possible just a decade ago. In the dialysis industry, we…
Continue Reading »CAHPS: Understanding How Patients Perceive Their Care Experience
Calling a patient a customer can be off-putting for many of us. A patient seeks treatment from a physician for a medical condition and the…
Continue Reading »Kidney Patient-Centered Quality of Care, Part III: Key Participants Who Contribute to Quality Program Success
Whether operating a single dialysis facility or a large multi-facility organization, successful deployment of quality programs requires the full participation and support of patients, the…
Continue Reading »Kidney Patient-Centered Quality of Care, Part II: A Quality Framework for ESRD Patients
There is an urgent need to move beyond biochemical and surrogate outcomes to focus more on patient-centric care. Care coordination that incorporates nephrologist leadership as…
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