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Evaluating Innovations in Middle Molecule Clearance

“The secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.”¹ None of us would ever choose to have kidney failure. And that is exactly why innovations that help patients feel better and live healthier are critical to our work serving the kidney community. Middle molecule clearance is emerging as a meaningful […]

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

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 […]

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A Life Without Limits: How One Athlete is Redefining “Strength” with Support from Her DaVita Care Team

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January 17, 2023
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DaVita’s New OneView Feature Supports Home Dialysis Education and May Help Counteract Physician Burnout

By Dr. Mihran Naljayan | Chief Medical Officer of Home Modalities Studies show nephrologists experience a meaningful lack of exposure to home modalities during nephrology fellowships[i], and that…

January 11, 2023
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Peer-Physician Support and Education Can Help Expand Access to Home Dialysis

While DaVita continues to invest in patient education on home modalities, the kidney care company is also enhancing educational support for physicians. DaVita’s Physician Support Network (PSN)…

December 6, 2022
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DaVita Chief Nursing Officer Discusses the Link Between Diabetes and CKD with American Diabetes Association

On Thursday, Nov. 10, Tina Livaudais, DaVita’s chief nursing officer, joined the American Diabetes Association’s (ADA) chief medical officer, Dr. Robert Gabbay, for a conversation about the…

November 16, 2022
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Patient with Rare Kidney Disease Leverages Social Media to Raise Awareness and Find Living Donor

At 23 years old, Taiylor Kriss is dependent on dialysis treatment to stay alive. When she crashed into dialysis in November 2021, she had no idea what the future had in store. “I was always kind…

October 27, 2022