Are you wanting to better understand the health care challenges of dialysis patients and opportunities for enhanced care coordination for these individuals? What role does the End State Renal Disease (ESRD) Network have in quality improvement for dialysis facilities? If so, take some time to listen to the recent Learning and Action Network (LAN) event hosted by the Great Plains Quality Innovation Network, Decoding Dialysis: Improving Care Across the Continuum for Patients with Kidney Disease.
It is known that ESRD patients are high healthcare utilizers, so it is likely the majority of healthcare professionals will be faced with this challenging care. Access the Webinar presentation and recording to learn more.
Webinar Resources:
- Patient Guide to Choosing Care
- Interactive Tool for Helping Patient Choose Where to Go for Care
- Midwest Kidney Network: Reducing Hospitalizations
- Making Dialysis Safer Coalition – Resources to Prevent Bloodstream Infections
- ESRD NCC Website – Patient and Staff Education
- Transitions in Care Toolkit
Claire Taylor-Schiller is a Quality Improvement Coordinator with Midwest Kidney Network. Prior to joining the team at the Network in January 2022, she worked as a charge nurse clinical coordinator for an outpatient hemodialysis unit in Minnesota since July 2011. It was during that time when Claire joined the American Nephrology Nursing Association and discovered the joy of quality improvement, which eventually led to her current role at the Network. As part of the QI team at the Network, Claire leads projects focused on reducing hospitalizations, readmissions, and emergency department visits, improving health equity and implementation of CLAS standards, and increasing vaccination in dialysis patients. In addition to her work at the Network, Claire continues to be involved in her local chapter of the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association as the President Elect.