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Emphasizing Specialty Care with Value-Based Care Models

Posted September 26, 2019 in Industry Trends, Research and Innovation by Bryan Becker, MD, MMM, FACP, CPE.

The move to value-based care in the United States is failing to fully achieve the Quadruple Aim of improving patient engagement, the health of a…

Study: Peritonitis Event Reporting with a Surveillance System

Posted September 10, 2019 in Research and Innovation by Managing Editor.

The ability to accurately and consistently identify peritonitis (PTN) events is necessary to make comparisons across and between peritoneal dialysis (PD) programs. This type of…

Podcast: Innovation in Kidney Care

Posted September 5, 2019 in Podcasts, Research and Innovation by Mahesh Krishnan, MD, MPH, MBA, FASN.

Implementation science is the application of research findings and evidence-based interventions to routine clinical practice; it is an important part of innovation in health care….

The Importance of Education for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Posted August 29, 2019 in Clinical Care by Jeffrey Giullian, MD, MBA.

To say that I was not an early adopter of the Kidney Smart® community education program is an understatement. When the program was first introduced…

Ways to Support Patients on Peritoneal Dialysis

Posted August 22, 2019 in Clinical Care by David A. Roer, MD, FACP, FASH, FASN.

When it comes to the ongoing management of peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients, finding ways to help improve outcomes and reducing patient loss rate should always…

Podcast: Home Dialysis First

Posted August 15, 2019 in Clinical Care, Podcasts by Mamatha Gandhi, MD.

“Home first” has become a slogan in the nephrology community, but what does that slogan mean? Listen to this podcast, in which Ashley Henson interviews…

Rare Renal Disorders: It Isn’t Always Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Posted August 8, 2019 in Clinical Care by Michelle L. Gooden, RN, CEN, CCRN.

Nephrology care team members who perform dialysis therapies are often only peripherally exposed to patients with rare renal conditions. At times, a patient receiving hospital…

Multiple Transplant Center Waitlists: What Patients Should Consider

Posted August 1, 2019 in Clinical Care by Bryan Becker, MD, MMM, FACP, CPE.

Among treatment options for end stage renal disease (ESRD), kidney transplantation is considered the optimal treatment for most patients, with the best outcomes—in terms of…