August 8, 2013

Sent to All NY State ESRD Stakeholder Subscribers and ESRD Providers, PAC Chairs, Reps and SMEs with valid e-mail addresses in CROWNWeb

Welcome to the Summer 2013 edition of Network Notes (link to PDF), our semi-annual eNewsletter for renal professionals. 

 

An archive of electronic editions of our newsletters is maintained on our website.

 

We value your input.  Please feel free to comment or suggest future articles for Network Notes here.  

 

Learning and Action Networks (LANs)

 

Join with the Newtwork and the ESRD Community by becoming a part of our LANs.  Our LAN events are open to all, and this is an opportunity to join, network and share information and resources with the community. 

 

For 2013, we have convened a Healthcare Acquired Infections LAN  (HAI LAN) "Spreading change, not Germs" and our Patient and Family Engagement LAN (PFeLAN) Watch for announcement of upcoming events, and please consider joining our planning committees.

 

For more information on our LAN projects and presentations or to join us (our LANS are recruiting provider, stakeholder, and patient/familymember/care partner members) please see our LAN Projects webpage.

Provider Reporting for LAN Projects 

For the first time ever, the Network has launched three patient designed projects as part of our Patient and Family Engagement Learning and Action Network (PFeLAN).

 

If your facility is in a targeted region, for the next five months, you are asked to submit data to establish efficacy of our projects and interventions.  All ESRD facilities in NY State will be provided with tools designed by PFeLAN members to impact patient engagement in each of our three projects:

"Transplant Talks" Quality Improvement Activity designed to increase patient transplant literacy through discussion with family, care partners and health care teams in the targeted regions of Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties;
 

"Increasing the Use and Spread of Kidney Chronicles" Campaign in the targeted regions of Albany-Utica, the Hudson Valley and greater Syracuse; and

 

"Annual Plan of Care - Increasing Patient and Family Involvement" Campaign in the targeted regions of Buffalo, Rochester and the Bronx.

  
Best Wishes,
  

Anna Bennett
Community Outreach Coordinator
IPRO ESRD Network of New York