patient-centered care

Rethinking Kidney Supportive Care – More Than Just End-of-Life

June 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

Comfort care. Palliative care. Supportive care. All of these terms feel weighty and may have slightly different meanings to healthcare providers. A recent Core Curriculum focuses on kidney supportive care and AJKD Social Media Editor Timothy Yau [read more...]

#NephMadness 2020: Patient-Driven Choice for Dialysis – Providing Care That Matters Most to Our Patients

April 30, 2020 // 0 Comments

Alvin Moss @AMOSS7 Alvin Moss is a Professor of Medicine at the West Virginia University School of Medicine in the Sections of Nephrology and Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine. He chairs the Coalition for the Supportive Care of Kidney Patients. [read more...]

#NephMadness 2020: Koncicki’s Pick for the Ethics Region – Dialysis for Patients at the End-of-Life

April 27, 2020 // 0 Comments

Holly Koncicki @HollyMarieMD Holly Koncicki completed her medicine residency training at Mount Sinai Hospital, followed by completion of an integrated fellowship in nephrology and palliative medicine. She is currently appointed as Assistant [read more...]

Leveraging Patient-Reported Outcomes for Person-Centered Kidney Disease Care

December 12, 2019 // 0 Comments

A recent AJKD Narrative Review by Nair and Wilson focuses on patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in nephrology research. This topic, which won the 2018 NephMadness, is of increasing relevance and importance in clinical trials. AJKD Social Media Editor, [read more...]

Choosing Wisely: A Decision Aid for Dialysis Therapies to Facilitate Person-Centered Kidney Care

August 12, 2019 // 1 Comment

Shared decision-making, an approach in which clinicians and patients partner to evaluate best available evidence for treatment options, discuss risks and benefits, and make informed decisions that align with goals and values, is a central tenet of [read more...]

Deciding Not to Dialyze: What Comes Next?

February 19, 2019 // 0 Comments

Discussion about renal replacement therapy selection in our patients with CKD is complex, but an important part of any nephrology practice. If we know the patient well, it can be straightforward, maybe even “predictable.” Even in those best-case [read more...]