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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 […]

Forging the Future of Chronic Care: 3 Ways Tech is Helping Transform the Patient Experience

For decades, the story of kidney care was written in concrete and steel, measured by physical locations for care delivery. That story is being rewritten. Today, the frontier of kidney care focuses on how care providers leverage data, artificial intelligence (AI) and connected technology to meet patients wherever they are. This shift is helping redefine […]

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The Power and Art of Possibility: Insights from DaVita’s Chief Information Officer on Health Tech Innovation

In this Q&A, Madhu Narasimhan, chief information officer at DaVita, discusses how DaVita integrates innovation with compassionate care, empowering both patients and caregivers. What do you see as…

March 18, 2025
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3 Takeaways from DaVita CEO Javier Rodriguez on the Future of Health Technology

Health care conversations have outgrown the concept of transformation; what we need now is a revolution, driven by the capabilities of cutting-edge technology. As DaVita continues to invest in new…

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Catalyzing Change in Specialty Care: DaVita Shares Vision for Technology Transformation

Approximately 129 million Americans are living with at least one chronic condition, and fragmentation of care creates a significant hurdle as these individuals often find themselves navigating a…

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