September 25, 2013
6 Twitter Accounts to Follow for Kidney Patient Resources
Twitter has become one of my favorite ways to consume news about the kidney care community. Tweets abound daily with proclamations advocating for patient rights, kidney-friendly diet tips, kidney disease education resources and more. In an ever-increasing world of digital media, social networks and the like, Twitter serves as a tool for me to tune into conversations that are relevant to the topics important to me. If you’re not on Twitter and would like to become part of the larger digital kidney care community that lives there, here are a few must-follow accounts to get you started.
@NKF
When it comes to awareness, prevention and treatment of kidney disease, the National Kidney Foundation keeps you up-to-date with 140-character snippets that can help with improving health and well-being.
Looking for something to do this weekend? Find a #kidneywalk near you and help us raise kidney disease awareness! http://t.co/aU2fOrrIJL
— Kidney Foundation (@nkf) September 18, 2013
@DevonTexas
DevonTexas states in his Twitter bio that he’s a dialysis patient fighting for patient rights, and his Twitter account reflects that and more. With posts ranging from trips to Capitol Hill to joining social campaigns online, Devon curates a Twitter feed that will keep you in the know.
About to meet with @JohnCornyn office. Hope for nothing but the best! #stopESRDcuts #dialysis pic.twitter.com/vD0AZ97F7b
— DevonTexas (@DevonTexas) September 10, 2013
@SaraColmanRD
Sara Colman is a renal dietitian and is currently the manager of DaVita Nutrition. She regularly serves up kidney-friendly recipes that are great for the whole family.
Savor the flavor! 4 new kidney-friendly sauce recipes, including a mock soy sauce.http://t.co/OIpgQz7mya #kidneyaware
— Sara Colman (@SaraColmanRD) September 17, 2013
@KCP_tweets
Kidney Care Partners’ tweets will make you a part of the kidney care community dialogue between patient advocates, care professionals, providers and manufacturers.
Become an advocate for quality kidney care! Sign up now to learn about our advocacy efforts: http://t.co/bGEVbAWI0O #stopESRDcuts
— Kidney Care Partners (@KCP_tweets) September 15, 2013
@DaVita
Follow DaVita on Twitter to keep up with kidney disease education resources, awareness through the #kidneyaware hashtag, healthy diet tips and more.
Get smart about kidney disease at a no-cost Kidney Smart class near you. #CKD http://t.co/qREKr4uHnL — DaVita (@DaVita) September 18, 2013
@kidneystories
As a dialysis patient who has suffered from both end stage renal disease and polycystic kidney disease, Jim Myers has created a platform for people to share their kidney stories.
Please check out this fundraising link for my friend Nate who is looking for his second kidney transplant:… http://t.co/qAAFGyuKbZ
— Jim Myers (@kidneystories) September 17, 2013
DevonTexas said,
September 28, 2013 @ 11:05 am
thanks SO much for including my twitter account in this list! I posted (www.DevonTexas.com) about our recent adventures in DC to lobby Congress on the Proposed 10 percent cuts to providers by CMS. The trip was sponsored by Dialysis Patient Citizens DPC (www.patientCitizens.org). I’d like also to thank the supporters like Davita for making the trip possible. We are, in fact, a COMMUNITY!
Allen Nissenson said,
October 1, 2013 @ 9:51 am
I’ve also heard about your contributions to the myDaVita.com community – thank you for all that you do.
James Myers said,
December 7, 2013 @ 12:10 am
Thank you for including me!
Allen Nissenson said,
December 9, 2013 @ 7:21 am
My pleasure, James. Keep up the good work.
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January 23, 2014 @ 8:01 am
[…] written before about Twitter accounts to follow for dialysis patient resources, and now I’d like to share a few accounts I think my fellow nephrologists will be interested in. […]