Podcast: Self-Care for Clinicians
“If self-care was important before the pandemic, it has become almost essential in everybody’s life today,” says Usha Peri, MD, who is a DaVita medical…
Continue Reading »Building Emotional Resiliency on the Front Lines
The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic is proving to be more of a marathon than a sprint. How do we help provide relief to front-line teammates and…
Continue Reading »Study: Clinical and Operational Results of In-Center Nocturnal Hemodialysis Programs in a Large Dialysis Organization
In-center nocturnal hemodialysis (INHD) offers a combination of treatment efficacy, safety, and improved treatment tolerability. Recognizing the specific clinical and laboratory results that indicate INHD…
Continue Reading »Study: Standardized Clinical Foot Examination in Diabetic Hemodialysis Patients
In individuals with diabetes mellitus (DM), atherosclerosis and neuropathy contribute to an increased risk of peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and adverse outcomes, including ulcers, infections,…
Continue Reading »Podcast: Patient-Centered Care
With the increased use of technology, such as telehealth and remote patient monitoring, during the COVID-19 pandemic and the overall shift to electronic health records…
Continue Reading »Study: Patterns of Emergency Department Visits among Dialysis Patients in the United States
As always, it is our goal as health care providers to keep our patients healthy and out of hospital or emergency department (ED). This goal…
Continue Reading »Predictive Analytics Transforming Kidney Care
Predictive analytics are transforming health care. In particular, it helps us get the right treatment to patients at the right time. As the collection of…
Continue Reading »Study: Assessing the Impact of Dialysis Modality on Hospitalization in a Large Population of End Stage Kidney Disease Patients
Although COVID-19 (coronavirus) is a focus of the nephrology community and most of the world currently, clinical research has been and continues to be conducted…
Continue Reading »Helping Patients Cope with Loneliness while Social Distancing
Most of us feel the need to connect during this time of social distancing due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic; the same is true—maybe even…
Continue Reading »Mindfulness for Anxiety
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month and many people—dialysis patients, caregivers and staff alike—are currently feeling anxious due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. Mindfulness…
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