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Educating Congress Virtually This Week!

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Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Policy and legislation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

NKF and ASN form joint task force to focus on use of race in eGFR

In August of 2020, the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) and the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) formed a joint task force to focus on the use of ...

Glomerular filtration rate,

Race and ethnicity,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Tests and Procedures

Understanding African American and non-African American eGFR laboratory results

Labs use different eGFR calculations for African Americans due to higher creatinine levels. NKF is working on a new race-free calculation to improve f...

Glomerular filtration rate,

Race and ethnicity,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Tests and Procedures

Remembering Congressman John Lewis, Kidney Champion

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Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Revolutionizing kidney disease education amidst global pandemic

Dedicated NKF volunteers and staff band together to launch first-ever large-scale virtual medical conference Educating healthcare professionals about ...

Healthcare team,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Your voice: Making the needs of kidney patients a priority during the COVID-19 pandemic

Since the start of the pandemic, National Kidney Foundation staff and volunteers have been working around the clock in partnership with government off...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Initiating important conversations: Addressing COVID-19's impact on communities of color

With your support, we're working to eliminate healthcare disparities. In partnership with the NAACP, NKF hosted a Q&A webinar to address the latest up...

Patient advocacy,

Race and ethnicity,

Healthcare quality, access, and evaluation,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Patients Share their Hospital Experiences during COVID-19

Recently, we both had to visit our local medical facilities. For most people this might be concerning, however for transplant recipients like us it wa...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors

Pushing Forward

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Health insurance,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Patient Perspectives on Managing Routine Blood Tests during COVID-19

By Risa Simon, NKF patient advocate and founder of The Proactive Path and Transplantfirst Academy; and Michael Stevenson, NKF National Board Member an...

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors