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DMI Podcasts: 2020 Year in Review
While the kidney community and the world at large faced the COVID-19 pandemic, DaVita Medical Insights (DMI) continued to publish a number of informative podcasts,…
Continue Reading »Celebrating Nephrology Nurses Week, September 13-19
The American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) has designated the second full week in September each year as Nephrology Nurses Week, starting in 2005. This year,…
Continue Reading »2020 Nurse Leadership Meeting Recap
DaVita has hosted its annual Nurse Leadership Meeting (NLM) since 2018, where the top nurse leaders within DaVita come together to share new ideas and…
Continue Reading »Celebrating Nurses during a Pandemic
As part of the Year of the Nurse and Midwife celebration, the American Nurses Association has expanded National Nurses Week, traditionally celebrated from May 6…
Continue Reading »Celebrating National Doctors’ Day amidst a Public Health Crisis
Every March 30, we celebrate the holiday known as National Doctors’ Day to recognize the contributions of physicians who deliver patient care. On this year’s…
Continue Reading »New Year, New CMO for DaVita Kidney Care
As of Jan. 1, 2020, Jeffrey Giullian, MD, started his new role as chief medical officer (CMO) for DaVita Kidney Care. Dr. Giullian succeeds Allen…
Continue Reading »CMMI Models, Part III: Increasing Transplants
The recently launched Advancing American Kidney Health (AAKH) initiative aims to increase awareness of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and prevent the growth of end stage…
Continue Reading »ASN Kidney Week 2019 Recap
Kidney Week 2019, organized by the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), was held Nov. 5-10 in Washington, D.C. Approximately 13,000 kidney professionals from around the…
Continue Reading »CMMI Models, Part II: Increasing Home Dialysis
Those of us in the nephrology field are well aware of the serious health impacts and substantial costs of kidney disease. Now on the national…
Continue Reading »CMMI Models, Part I: Overview and What This Could Mean for Providers
Part of the process of aligning providers around holistic care for patients with CKD or ESRD has been the movement away from fee for service…
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