First 90 to 120 Days on Dialysis: Importance of an Orientation
Patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD) can experience many challenges during the first 90 to 120 days on dialysis. There are many critical touchpoints…
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5 Key Financial Numbers for a Nephrology Practice
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…
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Case Study: Reducing Avoidable Dialysis on the Day of Discharge with ESRD Patients
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…
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Shaping the Future of Private-Practice Nephrology
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has long performed nephrologist manpower analyses and reported on developments and trends in the field. ASN’s latest report reveals…
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Podcast: Effectively Managing Kidney Patients’ Transitions of Care
Transitions of care is a big concept: it covers the set of actions and care involved when a patient moves within or between health care…
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Practice Transformation for Quality Payment Program Success
As nephrology practices evolve to meet the demands of value-based care, including the requirements of the Quality Payment Program (QPP), certain operational changes must be…
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Study: Continuation of Loop Diuretics after Dialysis Initiation: Association with Clinical Outcomes
Patients with chronic kidney disease who are on loop diuretics frequently discontinue the diuretics after initiating hemodialysis. Despite regular dialysis treatments, many end stage renal…
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Pain in Dialysis Patients: Prevalence and Impact
For many end stage renal disease (ESRD) patients receiving dialysis, chronic pain is often a persistent factor that can profoundly impact their daily lives and…
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Metabolic Acidosis: Nutritional Management Suggests Multiple Benefits for CKD Patients
Contemporary treatment of chronic kidney disease (CKD) involves a holistic approach that recognizes nutrition as a powerful tool in deterring disease progression, preventing comorbidities and…
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Podcast: Electronic Health Records: Past, Current and Future Landscape
Electronic health records (EHRs) first started to appear in the 1970s, yet physicians were slow to adopt EHR technology because of cost and workflow disruption….
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