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October 2011 Newsletter

 

DOPPS Expands into China

China 

An important milestone in the China DOPPS Pilot study has just been achieved. Preliminary findings of the China DOPPS study in China were presented to a "standing room only audience" at the Chinese Society of Nephrology Meeting that was held in Nanjing, China on October 10-14, 2011. The first ever China DOPPS Investigator meeting was also held on October 14, 2011. The highly successful meeting was led by Dr. Sylvia Ramirez, with senior investigators from the China DOPPS study as well as dialysis facility medical directors in attendance. Discussions on the longitudinal phase of the China DOPPS study and a possible CKD China DOPPS study were also held.

Click here to read more about the China DOPPS pilot study...


 

Arbor Research at Kidney Week 2011

Philadelphia
Arbor Research is 

pleased to present 16 abstracts, including four oral presentations, at the American Society of Nephrology's Kidney Week in Philadelphia, November 8-13, 2011.  Please click here for a complete schedule of our presentations. 

 


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Arbor Research Board of Directors Meeting, Nov. 16-17, 2011. Ann Arbor, MI.

 

DOPPS Practice Monitor Major Update, December 2011

 

 

 


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Greetings!

Welcome to the October issue of the Arbor Research quarterly newsletter. We hope you enjoy the updates on our research and project milestones.  

John Newmann

John Newmann Memorial Fund 

John Newmann, one of Arbor Research's founding board members, passed away in August 2011. In recognition of his lifelong advocacy for patients with chronic kidney disease, Arbor Research is establishing the John Newmann Fund. Click here to read more about the fund...

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded Arbor Research a contract to develop a Prospective Payment System (PPS) for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC). Dr. Marc Turenne is the Project Director and Dr. Sylvia Ramirez serves as the lead Clinical Investigator. Click here to read more... 

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CMS Renews Quality Measure Contract with Arbor Research 

 

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) awarded Arbor Research the next option year of the ESRD Quality Measure Development and Maintenance contract. Arbor Research performs this work with its partners at the University of Michigan-Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center (UM-KECC). Through this work, Arbor Research supports the development of quality benchmarks for dialysis facility performance. Click here to read more...

 

This summer marked an important milestone for Arbor Research. As part of the work for The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) under the ESRD Quality Measure Development and Maintenance contract, Arbor Research provided implementation support to CMS for the launch of the ESRD 2012 Quality Incentive Program (QIP). Click here to read more...

  

Saudi Arabia

 

Noteworthy progress has been made in the DOPPS Saudi Arabia pilot study. This pilot study serves as a model for implementation of DOPPS in Saudi Arabia and potentially in other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Click here to read more about the DOPPS pilot study...

Recent Publications  

 

Uric acid levels and all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the hemodialysis population. W Latif et al. CJASN 2011

 

C-reactive protein and prediction of 1-year mortality in prevalent hemodialysis patients. J Bazeley et al. CJASN 2011

 

Development of donor yield models. EE Messersmith et al. Am J Transplant 2011

 

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