Although the physician writes the dialysis orders, the patient care technicians (PCTs) and nurses have the most interaction with the patient. As the relationship between…

Currently, the United States is on a trajectory to experience a very significant nursing shortage, perhaps the worst the country has ever seen. Listen to…

On Oct. 10, 2018 at 1:00 p.m., Hurricane Michael came ashore east of Panama City, Florida. With winds of 155 mph, this date and time…

When it comes to health care technology that supports physicians, it is imperative to understand physicians and their workflows to provide solutions that help meet…

Drug diversion (the transfer of a controlled substance from a lawful to an unlawful channel of distribution or use”—Uniform Drug Diversion Act of 1994) is…

End stage renal disease (ESRD) represents a population health conundrum. It affects a relatively small part of the U.S. population, yet the rate of ESRD…

Numerous medical organizations, health care providers, insurance carriers and government organizations are exploring ways to leverage telehealth (two-way video visits between physicians and their patients)…

While health care technology has generated many benefits, such as digitizing patient records and performing advanced analytics, one of its greatest contributions has been enhancing…

As nephrologists, we are all about the clinical numbers: BUN, creatinine, anion gap, electrolytes, blood gases and on and on. Focusing on these numbers is…

Although I don’t recall this ever being discussed in medical school, serving as good stewards of limited resources has become increasingly important as health care…