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RESOURCES
Disclaimer: Most sites on this page are non-profit renal related organizations or government agencies. There are a number of commercial renal-related sites on the Web (i.e., pharmaceutical companies, renal related magazines, dialysis corporations, etc.) that can be found using most search engines.
FREQUENTLY USED LINKS:
Patient Safety - Keeping Kidney Patients Safe
Network Newsletter Online Resource
Dialysis
Kidney Transplant
Disaster Planning: General Information
Disaster Planning: Network Information
KCER Dialysis Patient Identification Card
Medical Record Model
Summary Report of the End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks' Annual Reports
USRDS
| Government Agencies & Related Links |
Renal-Related Organizations |
General Information |
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| Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) |
National Kidney Foundation (NKF) |
National Patient Safety Foundation |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
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Renal Physicians' Association (RPA) |
Institute for Healthcare Improvement |
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Federal Register
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American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)
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Certificate of Need (June 2004) |
CMS ESRD Information Resources
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American Nephrology Nurses' Association (ANNA) |
RenalNet Kidney Information Clearinghouse
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| Physician Fee Schedule |
American Kidney Fund (AKF)
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Hypertension, Dialysis, & Clinical Nephrology
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"Medicare and You"
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National Renal Administrators Association (NRAA)
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The Nephron Information Center |
| “Your Medicare Rights and Protections” |
Kidney Patient News |
MEDLINEplus Health Information: Kidney Failure and Dialysis
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National Center for Infectious Diseases
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Kidney End-of-Life Coalition |
RenalWeb |
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National Institute of Diabetes &Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (HKUDIC)
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Kidney & Urology Foundation of America, Inc.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention- Diabetes Public Health Resource |
| National Kidney Disease Education Program |
Medical Education Institute
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Diabetes Monitor Magazine |
| Thomas (Search engine for Federal legislation maintained by the Library of Congress.) |
Vascular Access Society |
Diabetes Prevention Program |
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United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
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LORAC - Life Options Rehabilitation Program |
American Diabetes Association
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United States Renal Data System (USRDS)
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LORAC - Life Options Booklet: Employment: A Kidney Patient's Guide to Working and Paying for Treatment (PDF) |
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International |
| MedPAC |
Kidney School
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| Women in Government, Chronic Kidney Disease Policy Resource Center |
Home Dialysis Central |
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CDC Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Report
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Chronic Disease Research Group (formerly Nephrology Analytical Services) |
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| "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) |
"Management of Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease in Adults" (an educational tool from the National Kidney Foundation's Kidney Learning System) |
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| "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) |
International Transplant Nurses Society (ITNS)
Fistula First
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| Committee on Ways & Means' Hearing on Patient Safety And Quality Issues in End Stage Renal Disease Treatment (December 6, 2006) |
Dialysis Patient Citizens |
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