GLOBAL KIDNEY SUMMIT MOBILIZES PATIENTS FOR CARE INNOVATIONDECADES OF PATERNALISM AND HIGH MORTALITY DIALYSIS CHALLENGEDKIDNEY PATIENT CONSUMERS DEMAND CARE CHOICE AND ACCESSFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:August 25, 2022MEDIA CONTACT:Jennifer RateMarketing & Communications [email protected](813) 400-2394WASHINGTON, D.C.
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August 2022
Kidney Patients Cite Insurance and Payment Issues as Critical Barriers to FDA Approved Care Innovations
Kidney Patients Cite Insurance and Payment Issues as Critical Barriers to FDA Approved Care InnovationsPatients and Taxpayers Forced to Absorb Preventable CostsPatient Voice Patient Choice™ Campaign Engages Private Insurers and CMSFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 15, 2022MEDIA CONTACT:
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AAKP NAMES 2022 JENNY KITSEN PATIENT SAFETY AWARD RECIPIENTS
AAKP recently announced its 2022 Jenny Kitsen Patient Safety Award recipients. The Kitsen award recognizes leaders and programs that substantively improve patient safety through innovations in health systems management and patient safety education.
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Patient Profile: Maria Robinson
From Pediatric Kidney Patient to Kidney Dialysis WarriorBy Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent WriterMaria’s kidney journey began when she was only 12 years old and became sick at the Baltimore City Fair.
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AAKP Innovator Series: Vifor Pharma, Inc.
AN INTERVIEW WITH TEJAS DESAI, MD, SENIOR MEDICAL DIRECTORTell us about your first experience with a kidney patient, personally or professionally, and what impressions it left on you as a fellow human being?The experience that stands out most for me was during my training at NYU.
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Blood Pressure Management in Children and Teenagers with Hypertension
By John Laisure, PA-C, Pediatric Nephrology (kidney) and Hypertension Clinics, Brenner Children’s and Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist120/80? How does my child have high blood pressure (hypertension)? I thought that was normal. Why does my child’s doctor keep changing what normal blood pressure should be?
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PEDIATRIC PATIENT PROFILE: GENEVIEVE COSGROVE
HOW ONE PEDIATRIC KIDNEY PATIENT DANCES THROUGH IT ALLBy Deborah Pelaez, aakpRENALIFE Independent WriterGenevieve is 16 years old and loves to dance. Dancing has been a constant passion in her life since she was three years old.
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