End-Stage Kidney Diseases

More than 5 million patient charts have been entered into the Acumen Epic Connect platform, according to press release.

Panoramic Health announced significant growth as a participant in Medicare’s Comprehensive Kidney Care Contracting program within the Kidney Care Choices Model, according to a press release.

In the 4 decades since 1976, the incidence and prevalence of lupus nephritis has increased among the population in Minnesota, according to data published in Arthritis Rheumatology.

W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. is acquiring InnAVasc Medical Inc., a medical technology company focused on developing vascular access grafts for patients with end-stage renal disease, according to a press release.

A higher consumption of ultra-processed foods is independently associated with a higher risk for incident chronic kidney disease among the general population.

A review of patient-oriented websites from the two largest dialysis companies in the United States promote dialysis as the modality of choice with little mention of other options — including foregoing treatment.

Bon Secours Mercy Health and Strive Health have entered a collaborative relationship to provide “high-quality, whole-person care” for patients with kidney disease.

BOSTON — In this video from the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings, Eric D. Weinhandl, PhD, MS, talks about the hidden costs in helping patients transition from peritoneal dialysis to home hemodialysis.

BOSTON — New research presented during the late-breaking trials program at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings showed the anemia drug daprodustat has cardiovascular benefits comparable to erythropoiesis-stimulating agents.

DALLAS — After uncertainty a year ago from a leadership void at HHS, nephrology practices and kidney research are seeing benefits from recent legislative and regulatory victories, according to a speaker at the Renal Physicians Association Annual Meeting.