Kidney Care Community News

When Russia attacked Ukraine in February 2022, kidney care was among the wreckage.

Healio/Nephrology News & Issues interviewed Susan E. Quaggin, MD, FASN, president of the American Society of Nephrology, on what attendees can expect during Kidney Week, which takes place Nov. 1-6 in Orlando.

The American Kidney Fund has provided 335 grants totaling $76,000 to patients impacted by Hurricane Ian, which devastated the southwest coast of Florida and caused damage in parts of South Carolina and Georgia last month.

The DaVita Giving Foundation awarded a $1.4 million grant to The Food Is Medicine Coalition, an association of 25 nonprofit organizations, according to a press release.

Researchers found the National Kidney Foundation Patient Network feasible as a national registry to “inform the development of patient-centered research, care and treatments,” according to published findings.

Efforts in Congress and among national organizations are underway to help nurses address burnout and mental health, a speaker said during the Nephrology Nursing Practice Management and Leadership Conference.

The National Kidney Foundation has relaunched its website, NKF Election Center, that provides patients and “kidney advocates” with key dates and deadlines for the November midterm elections, according to a press release.

Nephrology fellows have reported an increased usage of digital education resources since 2016, according to survey results published in Kidney Medicine.

Dialysis providers deployed disaster response teams this past week along the coast of Florida to assess the damage from Hurricane Ian while watching its path into Georgia and the Carolinas.

In a press release, the American Kidney Fund announced the formation of the Unknown Causes of Kidney Disease Coalition.