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Practice Management

Running a dialysis clinic is a complex task for nephrologists, administrators, nurses and other renal professionals, whether they are at a corporate, independent or a joint venture clinic. Coordinating dialysis care among an increasing number of kidney disease patients, ensuring proper protocols such as infection control are in place, proper billing and coding, and keeping dialysis staff happy are a few of the challenges in dialysis practice management.

iPhone App Keeps Kidney Diets in Check

When Lynne Sanditen’s father was diagnosed with kidney disease several years ago, managing his diet quickly became one of her largest frustrations. His doctors informed him and his family that he, like so many other chronic kidney disease sufferers, would need to diligently ...More
Yesterday
Posted in Articles, Business, Practice Management
Needlestick Safety Still Concerns Healthcare Professionals

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—Despite legislation and continued focus across the U.S. to improve sharps safety, needlestick injuries (NSIs) resulting in the exposure to infectious disease continue to be a major issue facing all healthcare professionals. Lynn Hadaway, M.Ed., RN, BC, CRNI, ...More
2 days ago
Posted in News, Practice Management
Study: Caps on Nursing Overtime Improve Patient Safety

PRINCETON, N.J.—A newly published study finds that state-mandated caps on nurses’ mandatory overtime hours are effective and reduce overtime hours for newly registered nurses. Past research has demonstrated that fatigue caused by long hours without sufficient rest between ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News, Practice Management
Study: Workplace Safety Programs Work if Strongly Enforced

SAN FRANCISCO―A longstanding California occupational safety program requiring all businesses to eliminate workplace hazards can help prevent injuries to workers, but only if it is adequately enforced, according to a new study by the RAND Corporation. ...More
2 weeks ago
Posted in News, Practice Management
DOPPS: EPO Doses Drop 15% in One Year

WASHINGTON—In the wake of a number of regulatory and payment changes in ESRD care, nephrologists are changing their behavior in anemia management. This is evident in the drop in prescribed epoetin doses and hemoglobin levels in dialysis patients, according to the latest ...More
5 weeks ago
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
AHS PharmStat Opens Dialysis Staffing Division

EDMOND, Okla.—AHS Pharmstat has expanded to include a new dialysis-staffing service called AHS RenalStat. ...More
January 4, 2012
Posted in News, Practice Management
AMA Studies Show Cost Burden of the Medical Liability System

CHICAGO—The American Medical Association (AMA) recently released two new trend reports in its Policy Research Perspective series illustrating the price of the medical liability system. ...More
January 4, 2012
Posted in News, Practice Management
AAMI Releases Proceedings from AAMI/FDA Medical Device Reprocessing Summit

In October 2011, more than 275 participants convened at the FDA headquarters in Silver Spring, Md., for a multidisciplinary AAMI/FDA Medical Device Reprocessing Summit. The summit built on an FDA public workshop on reprocessing in June 2011. For all participants, the summit ...More
January 3, 2012
Posted in News, Practice Management
Renal Carepartners Opens New Facility in Georgia

RENAL CAREPARTNERS, Inc. (RCP) this week announced the opening of its newest facility, located in Roswell, Ga. ...More
December 28, 2011
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
Joint Commission Releases Alert on Healthcare Worker Fatigue

WASHINGTON—The link between healthcare worker fatigue and adverse events is well documented, prompting The Joint Commission to issue a new Sentinel Event Alert: Healthcare worker fatigue and patient safety. The Alert urges greater attention to preventing fatigue among ...More
December 27, 2011
Posted in News, Practice Management