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DaVita Awarded Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation

DENVER— DaVita announced that DaVita Hospital Services, the company’s inpatient kidney care services, has received Ambulatory Health Care Accreditation from The Joint Commission. ...More
April 29, 2013
Posted in News, Business
MEI Offers CE Credits for Nurses, Technicians, Social Workers

The Medical Education Institute (MEI) launched a new website during National Kidney Month that is dedicated to chronic kidney disease (CKD) continuing education (CE) for nurses, technicians and social workers. ...More
March 25, 2013
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Lifeline Vascular Access Earns Re-Accreditation

VERNON HILLS, Ill.—Lifeline Vascular Access announced that it has earned system-wide accreditation by The Joint Commission for the third time, extending its string of fully accredited service to the vascular access industry to nine continuous years. ...More
May 14, 2012
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Nationwide Laboratory Services Receives Accreditation from A2LA

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.— Nationwide Laboratory Services, the nation’s largest independent, non-aligned, speciality laboratory in the dialysis industry, announced it has earned accreditation from the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) in the fields of ...More
April 4, 2012
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
NKF Awarded ACCME

NEW YORK—The National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has earned Accreditation with Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). ...More
April 4, 2012
Posted in News, Practice Management
Calif. Spectra Lab Facility Receives Accreditation

MILPITAS, Calif.—The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) has awarded accreditation to Spectra Laboratories' Milpitas, Calif. facility. ...More
December 6, 2011
Posted in News, Business
NNCC Receives Accreditation for CDN, CNN Exams

PITMAN, N.J.—The Nephrology Nursing Certification Commission (NNCC) has received national accreditation for the Certified Dialysis Nurse (CDN) and the Certified Nephrology Nurse (CNN) certification programs by the Accreditation Board for Specialty Nursing Certification ...More
February 15, 2011
Posted in News, Practice Management
The Joint Commission Names New CMO

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.—The Joint Commission has named Ana Pujols-McKee, MD, as executive vice president and chief medical officer, effective Feb.14, 2011. ...More
December 30, 2010
Posted in News, Business
Joint Commission Awards First CKD Certification

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill.—The Chronic Kidney Disease Clinic at University of California San Diego Medical Center is the first organization in the country to be certified under The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Advanced Certification Program in Chronic Kidney Disease ...More
March 23, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
ASDIN Accredits UC Davis Interventional Nephrology Training Program

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The American Society of Diagnostic and Interventional Nephrology recently accredited UC Davis Health System’s training program in diagnostic interventional nephrology, making it only the second program in California and the 10th in the United States to ...More
February 9, 2010
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management