Sent to ALL NY State ESRD Administrators, Head Nurses, Dietitians, Social Workers, Patient SMEs and PAC Members with valid e-mail addresses in CROWNWeb.

 Please share the March  edition of Kidney Chronicles, our monthly eNewsletter designed to provide helpful articles to ESRD patients as healthcare consumers. (Click on the picture to see the full newsletter) 
 

Infection Prevention
 
This month's Newsletter has CDC guidelines for hand hygiene to prevent infections.  Help prevent infection by spreading the word about washing or gelling hands and permanent access prior to dialysis treatment. It's an easy way to help prevent infection. 


Five-Star Rating Program
 

Launched in January 2015, this new rating program is bringing a consumer oriented focus to healthcare.  Talk about the rating system, it is in Dialysis Facilities, Hospitals and Nursing Homes. In this month's newsletter, we highlight the program, so that you can start the conversation about quality ratings.
  

Kidney Chronicles, is a two-page, printable PDF in English and Spanish.  

  

For those facilities that subscribe to printed copies of the Newsletter for your patients, your copies are being mailed.

 

If you would like to have printed copies of Kidney Chronicles mailed directly to your dialysis facility each month, please complete this subscription form.

 

An archive of electronic editions Kidney Chronicles is maintained on our website. 

 

The Network also has many other free educational materials available: Order Form  

 

Providers:  

Please print copies of Kidney Chronicles to distribute to your patients, and encourage them to sign up for an electronic subscription.

 

 
This material was prepared by IPRO End-StageRenal Disease Network of New York, the ESRD Organization for New York State, under contract with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The contents presented do not necessarily reflect CMS policy. CMS Contract Number: HHSM-500-2013-NW002C