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Health IT and EMRs Change in Society's Expectations of the Digital World Think back to what life was like 20 years ago. For most of us, we probably enjoyed watching regular cable TV at home and used our landlines to make phone calls. Some of us were lucky enough to have [...] Rise of Mobile Apps in Nephrology Putting Technology to Work More... Sponsored by	Practice Management Compliance Audits: Preventive Medicine for Your Practice Imagine the patient who doesn’t come to your practice until he is very ill. The sad part? His condition could have been prevented if he had come in for regular preventive care. Compliance audits can [...] RBT Roundtable: The Renal Diet Effective Communication in the Clinic More...
Medicare & Government Billing Under the Bundle So Far Regardless of whether facilities transitioned or went straight to the bundle, many were initially unhappy with their reimbursement. Part of the disappointment had to do with misunderstandings about [...] Laying the ACO Foundation ICD-10 and Renal Specialty Coding More...	Preventing Infections A Q&A With CMS About Infections in Dialysis A Q&A with Angela Brice-Smith, RN, BSN, MPA, deputy director, survey & certification group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), to discuss the challenge of infection control [...] Hand Hygiene: Challenges and Strategies RBT Roundtable: Infection Control More...
Renal Labs How Will The Bundle Change Lab Service? In January 2011, the bundle transformed the way everything is being paid for in dialysis, including laboratory services. In what ways will the delivery of labs change and what strategies should [...] What to Look for in a Lab Reporting System What to Expect from Customer Service at Renal Labs More...	Vascular Access One Vascular Access Center’s Rationale to Care Shortly after opening its doors to provide vascular access care to dialysis patients, Los Angeles Vascular Access Center (LAVAC), decided to expand its procedures to treat other disease conditions [...] The Cost of Venous Needle Dislodgement Vascular Access Surveillance Increases Quality of Care More...
Home Dialysis Home Hemodialysis: Getting started We had always had a very strong home dialysis program with peritoneal dialysis, but as patients came off peritoneal dialysis for various well-known reasons, patients who were used to independent [...] Making it Work for Home Dialysis Patients The Impact Of Education On Home-Based Dialysis Therapies More...	Human Resources Compassion, Fatigue and Dialysis Care Pt. 1 Imagine for just a moment what it would be like to deliver a dialysis treatment in a perfect world. You know the world where the dialysis patients in your clinic routinely follow their diet, fluid, [...] Understanding the Workforce Shortage To Build Strong Staffs, Meet One on One More...

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