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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 […]

A Digital Guardian: AI-Powered Insights Bring Patients and Clinicians Closer

For approximately 80,000 Americans, home dialysis offers a sense of normalcy and stability amid many changes that inevitably come with a diagnosis of kidney failure. Home dialysis includes both peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis (HHD), differentiated options that allow patients to complete treatments with greater schedule flexibility. This not only provides a greater sense […]

Integrating Kidney Care: A Nephrology‑Led Model for Coordination, Transplant and Outcomes

Ann Moore, MD, didn’t picture herself in nephrology. In medical school, she thought kidney care wasn’t her calling — until an attending nephrologist changed her perspective. “I really liked how he interacted with patients, how he knew them,” Dr. Moore recalls. “They knew each other for many years, and I liked that longitudinal experience.” Building the foundationKidney care brings together specialists […]

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Patient Pathways Celebrates 15 Years of Patient Education and Hospital Discharge Services

Since 2007, Patient Pathways, a subsidiary of DaVita,[1] has supplemented its partner hospitals’ staff with kidney patient education and provider-neutral discharge planning services. “Learning…

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Social Workers as Educators: A Critical Role in the Kidney Transplant Journey

More than half of the people who receive dialysis start their treatment in an emergent, unplanned way often called “crashing.” The sudden discovery that a regular, life-sustaining treatment…

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DaVita Celebrates Donors During National Donate Life Month

Nearly 100,000 people in the U.S. need a kidney transplant,[1] but limited availability of organs for people on the wait list can result in long wait times. For some transplant candidates, living…

April 5, 2022
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DaVita Celebrates Its Teammates in 2022 Villagewide Conference

DaVita’s internal conference, Villagewide, returned March 29–30, 2022. This event highlights and celebrates teammates (employees) and provides updates and accomplishments around the…

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Dietitians Play a Key Role in Transplant Success—And for One DaVita Teammate, It’s Personal

For DaVita teammate and Registered Dietitian (RD) Cristal Chora, helping patients process powerful emotions is all in a day’s work. “People are scared, they’re angry. Above all they’re overwhelmed. Entering into dialysis is a huge life disruption.” Chora knows this reality better than anyone. While still in her teens, she was diagnosed with end stage […]

March 24, 2022