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Heart, Kidney & Metabolic Care: A Strategic Imperative for Health Systems

Heart, Kidney & Metabolic Care: A Strategic Imperative for Health Systems

For U.S. healthcare systems, clinical and financial stability can be achieved when we look beyond treatment options for individual disease states and instead take a more holistic approach that also addresses the pathological mechanisms that extend across multiple disease states. The American Heart Association definition of the cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome (CKM syndrome), a systemic overlap of […]

SGLT2 Inhibitors Could Play Role in Slowing Kidney Disease Progression

SGLT2 Inhibitors Could Play Role in Slowing Kidney Disease Progression

For years, kidney care has primarily focused on managing kidney failure. Now, new data is empowering a crucial clinical focus: preserving kidney function before kidney disease advances. A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine provides a compelling signal for care providers: When it comes to slowing chronic kidney disease (CKD) progression for people with […]

The Doctor Will See You Now: The Value of Human Connection in AI-Supported Medicine

The Doctor Will See You Now: The Value of Human Connection in AI-Supported Medicine

As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to take hold across all industries, Adam Weinstein, MD, chief medical information officer for DaVita, highlights how new technological capabilities also help make the human connection more central to healthcare. Recently, a New York Times article explored the question of whether advancements to AI in medicine could reduce the value […]

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Innovation Leadership

Where IT and Health Care Policy Meet: The Key to Unlocking Kidney Care Transformation

In recent years, the nephrology community has focused on increasing the number of patients listed for kidney transplant and receiving home dialysis therapies, in part, by more aggressively…

July 6, 2023
Leadership

What Sets Us Apart: Connection and Growth

“What sets DaVita apart from other big employers?” As chief people officer of DaVita Kidney Care, this is a question I am often asked. I’ve worked at DaVita for more than 12 years — and…

June 28, 2023
Clinical Excellence

Home Dialysis Patient Receives a Second Chance at Life Through a Paired Kidney Exchange

After a year and a half of managing her kidney health with peritoneal dialysis, 24-year-old Taiylor Kriss is entering the next stage of her kidney journey: living with a transplanted kidney. She…

June 14, 2023
Corporate Responsibility

DaVita Shines a Spotlight on Teammate and Family Well-Being with We Are Well Award

Jennifer Lopez, a DaVita teammate (employee) of 14 years, battled with weight loss for several years. Balancing care for her family—her husband Jesse (also a DaVita teammate) and her five…

June 6, 2023
Clinical Excellence Corporate Responsibility

Addressing Food Insecurity Key in Creating Health Equity in Kidney Care

Access to healthy, nutritional food is a key factor in maintaining overall health. It’s so vital that food insecurity—not having access to sufficient food of adequate quality—is a key social…

May 17, 2023

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