Kidney Care Community News

National speakers will discuss key issues facing advanced practice providers, including the nursing shortage and career advancement opportunities, at the Nephrology Nursing Practice, Management and Leadership Conference, organizers said.

In response to Hurricane Fiona that has resulted in flash flooding and power outages for 1.3 million people, the American Kidney Fund has activated its Disaster Relief Program.

The American Society of Nephrology has announced the second year of its loan mitigation program, which provides six nephrology trainees from underrepresented groups $50,000 in 3 years, according to ASN President Susan E. Quaggin, MD, FASN.

Insight from nephrologists and nephrology nurses on a wearable hemodialysis device will aid in refining its design, according to a presenter at the Innovations in Dialysis: Expediting Advances Symposium.

A national reckoning with racism in 2020, amplified by COVID-19 and stark economic and structural inequities, galvanized the nephrology community to address the role of racism in producing multi-decade kidney health disparities.

Compared with the Kaplan-Meier estimator, researchers found multi-state models provided a more accurate and comprehensive assessment of the life course and graft risk of older kidney transplant recipients.

The three-way merger of InterWell Health, Cricket Health and Fresenius Health Partners has been completed, according to a press release.

When Mark Kaszirer, LNHA, gets a call from a hospital looking to place a patient who needs short-term rehabilitation or long-term care, it creates an opportunity for one of his eight skilled nursing facilities.

The Renal Healthcare Association’s Annual Conference will bring kidney care professionals together to learn and network about facility management and patient care, organizers.

HHS and the American Society of Nephrology launched a new KidneyX prize that began accepting submissions on Aug. 11, 2022.