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Government Agencies and Related Links
Renal Related Organizations
General Information
Diabetes Websites
ESRD Calculator
Articles


Government Agencies and Related Links

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

CDC Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report

Federal Register

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

CMS ESRD Information Resources

Physician Fee Schedule

FistulaFirst

"Medicare and You"

“Your Medicare Rights and Protections”

National Center for Infectious Diseases

National Institute of Diabetes &Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (HKUDIC)

National Kidney Disease Education Program

Thomas (Search engine for Federal legislation maintained by the Library of Congress.)

United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)

United States Renal Data System (USRDS)

MedPAC

Women in Government, Chronic Kidney Disease Policy Resource Center

"Availability of Quality of Care Data in the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease Program" (Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, November 2006)

"Bundling Medicare's Payment for Drugs with Payment for All ESRD Services Would Promote Efficiency and Clinical Flexibility" (Highlights of GAO-08-77, a report to the Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, November 2006)

Committee on Ways & Means' Hearing on Patient Safety And Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment (December 6, 2006)

 

Renal Related Organizations

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

American Kidney Fund (AKF)

American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA)

National Kidney Foundation (NKF)

National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA)

Kidney Patient News

Kidney End-of-Life Coalition

Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, Inc.

Medical Education Institute

Renal Physicians' Association (RPA)

Vascular Access Society

LORAC - Life Options Rehabilitation Program

LORAC - Life Options Booklet: Employment: A Kidney Patient's Guide to Working and Paying for Treatment (PDF)

Kidney School

Home Dialysis Central

Nephrology Analytical Services

"Management of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults" (an educational tool from the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Learning System)

International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS)


General Information

ESRD Network Program Overview

"New Findings from the Dialysis Outcomes & Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS)" - Presented by Friedrich K. Port, MD, MS, FACP, and Ronald L. Pisoni, PhD, MS, at the 2004 CMS/Forum of ESRD Networks' Annual Meeting on March 23, 2004. Posted with permission from the authors.

Medical Records Model
(in PDF format)

JCAHO Emergency Planning Guide

Certificate of Need (June 2004)

National Patient Safety Foundaion

Institute for Healthcare Improvement

RenalNet Kidney Information Clearinghouse

Hypertension, Dialysis, & Clinical Nephrology

The Nephron Information Center

MEDLINEplus Health Information: Kidney Failure and Dialysis

Nephroworld

National Quality Forum
Consensus Report: "A Comprehensive Framework for Hospital Care Performance Evaluation" (Executive Summary)
Consensus Report: "Safe Practices for Better Healthcare" (Executive Summary)

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Promoting Excellence : End-Stage Renal Disease Workgroup Recommendations to the Field
RenalWeb

Journal of Palliative Medicine

2006 Dialysis of Drugs Guide

 

Diabetes Websites

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Diabetes Public Health Resource
Diabetes Monitor Magazine
Diabetes Prevention Program

American Diabetes Association

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International

 

Articles

"Normalization of Hemoglobin Level in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease and Anemia" (New England Journal of Medicine, November 16, 2006)

"Correction of Anemia with Epoetin Alfa in Chronic Kidney Disease" (New England Journal of Medicine, November 16, 2006)

"Correction of Anemia - Payoffs and Problems" (New England Journal of Medicine, November 16, 2006)