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The Renal Physicians Association and the Forum of End Stage Renal Disease Networks welcome you to Keeping Kidney Patients Safe. This web site serves as a resource for nephrology professionals who are committed to achieving and maintaining optimum levels of kidney patient safety.
Keeping Kidney Patients Safe provides information and best practices to prevent the occurrence of the Five Adverse Patient Safety Events as identified by patient and professional surveys and also assists nephrology professionals in meeting the quality assessment and performance improvement (QAPI) requirements outlined in the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Conditions for Coverage for End Stage Renal Disease Facilities.
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News In November, HHS issued a final rule for Patient Safety Organizations (PSOs). The rule becomes effective on January 19, 2009, and provides final requirements and procedures for PSOs. Click here to learn more. |
Current Spotlight
When Heidi Postlethwait, MS, C-ES, meets with the patients at Wheeling Renal Care, she looks far beyond the clinical data detailed before, during and after each dialysis treatment. Instead, she delves into broader issues of the whole person - vital to creating individual strategies to help people maximize their opportunities for physical activity and a fuller life. Click here to read more.
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Test Your Knowledge
Health professionals who continually update their knowledge of drugs make fewer medication errors than those who do not. Visit Did You Know? to learn more.
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