Inpatient Dialysis Services: Nephrologist Leadership and Improving Quality and Safety

TY - JOUR

T1 - Inpatient Dialysis Services

T2 - Nephrologist Leadership and Improving Quality and Safety

AU - Medical Advisory Council of the National Forum of ESRD Networks

AU - Kalantar-Zadeh, Kamyar

AU - Henner, David

AU - Atkinson, Ralph

AU - Molony, Donald

AU - Agarwal, Anil

AU - Rankin, Laura I.

AU - Singh, Harmeet

AU - Kenney, Robert J.

AU - Diamond, Louis H.

AU - Norris, Keith C.

AU - Landry, Daniel L.

AU - Coritsidis, George

AU - Palevsky, Paul

AU - Seliger, Stephen

AU - Doran, John J.

AU - Grewal, Mandeep

AU - Huml, Anne

AU - Serrano, Andres

AU - Raymond, Louis

AU - Yerram, Preethi

AU - Stivelman, John

AU - Logar, Christine

AU - Sam, Ramin

AU - Pastan, Stephen

AU - Cash, Victoria

AU - Dommert-Breckler, Barbara

AU - Forfang, Derek

N1 - Funding Information: Together with authors Kalantar-Zadeh (Chair and Network 18), Henner (Immediate Past Chair), Norris (Network 3), Molony (Network 14), Rankin (Network 13), and Singh (Network 15), the members of the Medical Advisory Council of the National Forum of ESRD Networks who volunteered time and effort to this work are Daniel L. Landry, DO (Network 1), George Coritsidis, MD (Network 2), Paul Palevsky, MD (Network 4), Stephen Seliger, MD (Network 5), John J. Doran, MD (Network 6), Mandeep Grewal, MD, MBA (Network 8), Anne Huml, MD, MS (Network 9), Andres Serrano, MD (Network 10), Louis Raymond, MD (Network 11), Preethi Yerram, MD (Network 12), John Stivelman, MD (Network 16), Christine Logar, MD (Network 16), Ramin Sam, MD (Network 17), Stephen Pastan, MD (Ad Hoc Member for Transplant), Victoria Cash (EDAC Representative), Barbara Dommert-Breckler (QID Representative), and Derek Forfang (KPAC/patient representative). Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD, David Henner, DO, Ralph Atkinson III, MD, Donald Molony, MD, Anil Agarwal, MD, Laura I. Rankin, MD, Harmeet Singh, MD, Robert J. Kenney, MD, Louis H. Diamond, MD, and Keith C. Norris, MD, PhD. This work was performed without direct financial support. Dr Kalantar-Zadeh has received commercial honoraria and/or support from Abbott, Abbvie, Alexion, Amgen, Astra-Zeneca, Aveo, Chugai, DaVita, Fresenius, Genentech, Haymarket Media, Hospira, Kabi, Keryx, Novartis, Pfizer, Relypsa, Resverlogix, Sandoz, Sanofi, Shire, Vifor, UpToDate, and ZS-Pharma. Dr Rankin has received support from Anthem Dialysis. The other authors declare that they have no relevant financial interests. This publication is related to the Inpatient Dialysis Medical Director Toolkit, posted at www.ESRDnetworks.org, which is a product of a workgroup under the auspices of the Forum of ESRD Networks, Inc, a nonprofit organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the quality of care to patients receiving KRT. This toolkit was developed and sponsored by the Forum of ESRD Networks’ Medical Advisory Council (MAC). The toolkit committee was a multidisciplinary group of volunteers who generously contributed their time and expertise to this effort. The Forum would like to acknowledge the hard work of these individuals. We also acknowledge the input and responses from patients and health care workers throughout the United States. Received July 7, 2020. Evaluated by 2 external peer reviewers, with direct editorial input from the Feature Editor and a Deputy Editor. Accepted in revised form March 15, 2021.

PY - 2021/8

Y1 - 2021/8

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85106373153&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.03.011

DO - 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.03.011

M3 - Editorial

C2 - 33887433

AN - SCOPUS:85106373153

SN - 0272-6386

VL - 78

SP - 268

EP - 271

JO - American Journal of Kidney Diseases

JF - American Journal of Kidney Diseases

IS - 2

ER -