Infection control professionals questioning CMS' approach on ESRD QIP clinical measure The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology is questioning CMS' decision in the 2014 … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: August 23, 2013
Access to kidney transplants hampered by unemployment; Full-time workers more likely to get transplants People in end-stage kidney failure in need of a kidney transplant are much less likely to be … [Read more...]
Big Data
Guest blogger Dugan Maddux, MD, FACP, is the Vice President for CKD Initiatives for FMC-NA. Before her foray into the business side of medicine, Dr. Maddux spent 18 years practicing nephrology in … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: August 16, 2013
New chewing gum designed to reduce phosphate levels in chronic kidney disease patients Dietary supplement manufacturer Mastix Medica has introduced a chewing gum that is designed to help people with … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: August 9, 2013
Type 1 diabetes drug very effective in clinical trial An experimental drug designed to block the advancement of type 1 diabetes in its earliest stages has proven effective over a course of two years … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: August 2, 2013
Moderate kidney disease costs Medicare billions a year Expenses related to moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD) cost Medicare tens of billions of dollars each year, according to a study appearing in … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: July 26, 2013
MEDICATION-RESISTANT HYPERTENSION LINKED WITH KIDNEY DISEASE More than 50 percent of individuals with moderate kidney disease have hypertension that is resistant to medications, and those who are … [Read more...]
Weekly Nephrology/Health IT News Roundup: July 19, 2013
Use Of Androgen Deprivation Therapy For Treatment Of Prostate Cancer Associated With Increased Risk Of Acute Kidney Injury In a study that included more than 10,000 men with nonmetastatic prostate … [Read more...]
