Administrator and Nurse Resources

Regulatory Issues

• Association of American Physicians ands Surgeons - Medicare Page
• AMA Federal Fraud Enforcement
• HHS OIG Compliance Guidance
• Medical Economics - Antikickback rules
• CMS Interim Final Rule - Physician Self Referral
• CMS Certification and Compliance Page
• Proposed Conditions for Coverage (from Nephrology Social Work Archive)
• OIG opinion on charity health insurance premium payments
• GPO Access - Federal Register Home Page
• RPA (The Renal Physician Association)
• OIG Listserv
• Stark Compliance
• FBI Report
• US Attorney and Medical Director Accountability
• Documentation Guidelines for E & M Services
• Bill introduced in Senate would expand telehealth options for home dialysis patients
• Benefits and Disadvantages of Dialysis - News
• Dialysis center burglars sentenced
• Living on dialysis for 17 years now...
• Peritoneal Dialysis Market Report 2020 By Leading Key Vendors ...
• New dialysis clinic to address loading and off-loading concerns ... - Villages
• Diabetes Increases Death Risk In Patients On Dialysis [STUDY ...
• Anemia in Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD Patients Characterized ...
• Transportation requirements and dialysis care - Nephrology News ...
• Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome - The National Kidney Foundation

Clinical Trials

In addition to searching the clinical trials database, also see individual disease sites on www.nephron.org or search below

• Chronic Hemodialysis Without Systemic Heparinization : a Randomized Study
• Virtual Ward for Home Dialysis
• Study of How the Dose of Dialysis is Affected by Dialysate Flow Rate
• Removal of Uremic Toxins With Nocturnal Dialysis Versus Standard Dialysis
• A Cluster Randomized Trial to Assess the Impact of Patient and Provider Education on Use of Home Dialysis
• Comparison of Two Liver Dialysis Systems : MARS Versus SPAD in Severe Liver Failure
• Efficacy and Safety of Valsartan/Amlodipine Compared to Amlodipine in Patients With Essential Hypertension
• Candesartan and Candesartan/ Hydrochlorothiazide in the Treatment of Patients With Hypertension and LVH
• Efficacy and Safety of SPA100 (Fixed-dose Combination of Aliskiren/Amlodipine) in Patients With Essential Hypertension
• A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo and Active Controlled, Parallel Group, Dose Finding Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of LCI699, a New Experimental Antihypertensive Drug, in Patients With Essential Hypertension

Hypertension

• Evaluation of Stendo Pulsating Suit on Microcirculation and Central Blood Pressure in Essential Hypertension Patients
• Efficacy and Safety of Valsartan/Amlodipine Compared to Amlodipine in Patients With Essential Hypertension
• Candesartan and Candesartan/ Hydrochlorothiazide in the Treatment of Patients With Hypertension and LVH
• Efficacy and Safety of SPA100 (Fixed-dose Combination of Aliskiren/Amlodipine) in Patients With Essential Hypertension
• A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo and Active Controlled, Parallel Group, Dose Finding Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of LCI699, a New Experimental Antihypertensive Drug, in Patients With Essential Hypertension
• Lacidipine In Mild To Moderate Essential Hypertension Patients With Type 2 Diabetes In Korea
• A Therapeutic Exploratory Clinical Study to Evaluate the Antihypertensive Efficacy of Fimasartan (BR-A-657 and #8226;K) During 24 Hours in Patients With Mild to Moderate Essential Hypertension
• Phase 1, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Exploratory Study That Will Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics and Hemodynamic Response to a Single 30 Minute Intravenous Infusion of Vasomera and #8482; (PB1046) in Adult Subjects With
• Clinical Evaluation of Low Sodium Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Solution on Hypertensive Patients Treated With PD
• Effectiveness and Safety of Ramipril Alone Compared With Telmisartan Alone and in Combination With Ramipril in Patients at High Risk for Cardiovascular Events. Patients Intolerant to Ramipril Were Entered in TRANSCEND, Telmisartan Compared to Placebo.

Diabetes

• Lacidipine In Mild To Moderate Essential Hypertension Patients With Type 2 Diabetes In Korea
• Feasibility and Impact of and quot;ABCs of Diabetes and quot; Self-Management Education Program at an Urban Public Library
• The Synergy to Control Emergency Department Hyperglycemia Program for Type 2 Diabetes
• Impact of a Diabetes Transitions Tool Kit on Post-Hospitalization Glycemic Control
• Parental Management of Young Children's Diabetes
• Improving Diabetes Outcomes: a Couples Intervention
• Study to Find Out if Intensive Diabetes Clinic and Continuous Glucose Monitors Help Teenagers With Diabetes
• Evaluation of a Stepped Care Approach to Manage Depression in Diabetes
• Diabetes and Partnership: Evaluation of a Diabetes Education Module
• Evaluating the Impact of Year Long, Augmented Diabetes Self Management Support

Glomerulonephritis

• Treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy With Tripterygium Wilfordii Plus Steroid vs Tacrolimus Plus Steroid
• An Multi-site Prospective Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of MMF in the Treatment of Proliferative IgA Nephropathy(IgAN)
• Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) Reporting on Nephrology Referral Patterns by Internists
• Statins in Proteinuric Nephropathies
• Treatment of Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy With Tripterygium Wilfordii Plus Steroid vs Tacrolimus Plus Steroid
• Statins in Proteinuric Nephropathies
• and quot;Nephrology Research BioBank and quot;
• Statins in Proteinuric Nephropathies
• Prevalence of Proteinuria and Chronic Kidney Disease in Pediatric HIV-Infected Patients
• Effect of Enalapril and Losartan Association Therapy on Proteinuria and Inflammatory Biomarkers in Diabetic Nephropathy: a Clinical Trial on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

web nephron.com www.nephron.org

Safety

• RPA: Keeping Kidney Patients Safe
• Keeping Patients Safe
• National Patient safety Foundation
• Quality and Safety in Health Care
• The Leapfrog Group
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - Errors
• Patient Safety Institute
• Patient Safety Net (PSNet)
• AHRQ's Patient Safety Classics
• AHRQ's Patient Safety Indicators
• FDA Patient Safety News
• Patient Safety in ESRD (Kliger and Diamond Classic Article)
• Collaborative Leadership for ESRD Patient Safety
• (QuIC) Quality Interagency Coordination Taskforce
• Pubmed: Safety, Quality, Efficiency

Key Resources

• This Valentine?s Day, show your heart some love
• The New Special Enrollment Confirmation Process
• Get your free flu shot
• CMS strengthens provider and supplier enrollment screening
• Bridging the Healthcare Digital Divide: Improving Connectivity Among Medicaid Providers
• Detect cervical cancer early ? get screened
• CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt?s Comments before the National Association of Health Underwriters
• 5 Ways to Become an Informed Medicare Consumer
• Make 2016 your year of better nutrition
• CMS Acting Administrator Andy Slavitt?s Comments before the Federation of American Hospitals
• Conditions for Coverage - Final Rule
• NW Renal Network Water Manual
• Medical Director - Do you know what zeolite is?
• Coding information for 2009
• Administrator's Resource page
• Frequently Asked Questions about CFCs
• Keeping Kidney Patients Safe
• Tuberculosis Exposure Guidelines
• Conditions for Coverage Changes
• CMS
• E-Prescribing
• Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
• Crownweb
• QualityNet
• Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control in Health-Care Facilities
• Disinfection and Sterilization in Healthcare Facilities
• Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings MMWR 51-RR16 - 10-25-02
• Infection Control Requirements for Dialysis Facilities and Clarification Regarding Guidance on Parenteral Medication Vials
• Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
• Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections
• Powerpoint Presentation on Handwashing
• Guidelines for Vaccinating Kidney Dialysis Patients and Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
• AAMI Dialysis Standards Collection
• CMS ESRD Home Page
• Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database - Guidance
• Medwatch
• NKF Career Opportunities
• ECRI
• Recommendations for Preventing Transmission of Infections Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients
• CDRH Reuse Page
• AAMI Dialysis Standards
• K/DOQI Guidelines
• Best Hospitals - Kidney Disease
• USRDS
• Report Errors in CMS Provider Database
• ASMO (American Medical Specialty Organization)
• Nephron Info Center Disaster Page
• Security, The Law and The Internet
• How to make an Internet Presentation

Journals

• American Journal of Nursing
• ANNA Journal
• Computers In Nursing Home Page
• The Internet Journal of Academic Physician Assistants
• iNurse
• InterNurse (online journal)
• NP Web (Nurse Practitioners)
• Nursing Economics
• nursegroups.com
• Nursing Mining Company
• NursingNet
• Nursing Standard Online
• Nurseweek
• Nursingworld
• Telemedicine
• Transweb
• Virtual Nurse

HELPFUL RESOURCES

• ready.gov (Homeland security emergency preparedness site)
• ESRD emergency preparedness
• Weather.gov
• HD Evacuee Form (print first)
• PD Evacuee Form (print first)
• Instructions for Evac Interactive Forms - "ReadMe"
• Kidney Community Emergency Response (KCER)
• READY (eng)
• Network Resources
• Old disaster preparedness comic
• NOAA

Computers in Medicine

Information Technology News

 

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Health Information Technology

• Office National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
• EHR Workgroup
• Physicians EHR
• EMR Consultant
• HL7
• SNOMED
• EHR Central - The Provider's Edge
• AAFP Center for Health Information Technology
• CMS - DOQ-IT and VistA-Office EHR
• Certification Commission for Health Care Information Technology
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
• Books on Health Information Technology

Patients, Research, Education

• Good Clinical Practice - FDA
• PubMed for Handhelds
• Google Scholar
• Hubmed literature search
• SAS
• EndNote
• Academic Superstore
• Online Nursing Education
• Healthcare Informatics Online
• Directory of Open Source Journals
• What is a blog?
• Set up your own blog
• What is an RSS feed?
• Live Bookmarks - Mozilla
• What is XML?

Tricks and Gadgets

• Wikipedia - online encyclopedia
• NKF Palm/PDA download site
• epocrates
• Tucows
• Palmsource Palm software
• Fadem Development Page - G code documentation
• Universal charger laptop mobile PDA Blackberry
• Firefox browser
• about.com

Security

• Computer Security Information
• DIgital (SSL) Certificate
• CMS - HIPAA
• hipaa.org
• Office of Civil Rights - HIPAA
• Books on Medical Security
• OnGuard Online
• Wikipedia - Spyware
• Open Source Free Baysian Spam Blocker
• about.com - antivirus

Clinical Practice Guidelines

• NKF Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (K/DOQI)
• Transportation requirements and dialysis care - Nephrology News ...
• Diabetes Increases Death Risk In Patients On Dialysis [STUDY ...
• Benefits and Disadvantages of Dialysis - News
• Anemia in Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD Patients Characterized ...
• Dialysis center burglars sentenced
• Living on dialysis for 17 years now...
• Peritoneal Dialysis Market Report 2020 By Leading Key Vendors ...
• New dialysis clinic to address loading and off-loading concerns ... - Villages
• Bill introduced in Senate would expand telehealth options for home dialysis patients
• Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH): Johns Hopkins ...
• Cochrane Renal Group
• KDIGO
• Nephrology Dialysis & Transplantation Guidelines
• JNC VII
• Guidelines - Gov
• ADA Diabetes Guidelines
• NHLBI Cholesterol Guidelines
• ACC Statements/Guidelines
• Kidney Guidelines from Australia (CARI)
• European Best Practices Guidelines(EBPG)
• Canadian Society of Nephrology (CSN) Guidelines
• UK Guidelines for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

Patient Education

• Infocenter News
• PreESRD
• Glomerulonephritis
• Hypertension
• Diabetes
• Cystic Kidneys
• Hemodialysis
• Peritoneal Dialysis
• Transplantation
• Medical Directors

Key Patient Education Resources

• American Association of Kidney Patients
• Kidney Beginnings:Live
• AAKP Patient Plan
• NIDDK National Diabetes Information Clearing House
• National Kidney Disease Education Program
• NKF Council on Renal Nutrition - Cookbooks
• Kidney School
• NKF A to Z Health Guide
• NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes&Digestive&kidney Diseases
• Medline Plus
• Drug Information - Medline Plus
• A.D.A.M. - Medical Encyclopedia
• AAKP Renalife
• Kidney Beginnings - Electronic Newsletter
• Kidney Beginnings - The Magazine
• National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearing House
• American Kidney Fund
• DaVita Recipe Cards