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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 […]

Forging the Future of Healthcare: On-Demand Webinars Highlight Key Innovations

Today, healthcare transformation is driven by new technologies and a renewed focus on proactive, holistic care — with an emphasis on creating access to crucial health resources. To explore these pivotal topics, DaVita joined a series of conversations with leaders from across the health care industry through HLTH webinars. These webinars underscore a collective commitment […]

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DaVita Clinical Research Finds Racial Disparity in Kidney Transplantation—But Not Transplant Referral

Kidney failure affects Black individuals at four times the rate of white individuals in the U.S.,[1] but fewer Black patients are put on kidney transplant waiting lists and even fewer receive…

July 27, 2022
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RPA Panel: DaVita Chief Transformation Officer Calls for Acceleration of Value-Based Models, Focus on Upstream Care

At the annual Renal Physicians Association (RPA) meeting in Dallas, Texas, March 24-27, DaVita chief transformation officer Misha Palecek spoke candidly about the nephrology community’s…

April 27, 2022
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Using Predictive Analytics to Move Kidney Care Upstream

Of the 37 million Americans who have kidney disease, an estimated 90% don’t know they have it. Often, it can go undetected because patients can present few or no symptoms until they approach or…

March 22, 2022
Clinical Excellence Innovation

Remote Care Connections Help Indiana Man Thrive While Receiving Home Hemodialysis

New technologies are helping to expand access and increase patient confidence to choose home dialysis more than ever before.

July 6, 2021
Clinical Excellence Innovation

DaVita Builds Community through Green Build Prototype

For the last decade, DaVita has been reimagining how the health care industry builds dialysis centers.

February 4, 2021