Clinical Excellence

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]