Kim Buettner,Stephen Z Fadem
Kim Buettner
The Internet has impacted health care. With the introduction of the personal health record (PHR), patients have an opportunity to track their physician visits, medications, and laboratory values online in a pleasant and informative learning...
Franklin W Maddux,Dugan W Maddux
Franklin W Maddux
Clinical information technology (IT) systems that support nephrology-specific content can facilitate the coordinated, progressive, and comprehensive care of all patients with renal disease including those with each stage of chronic kidney d...
The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative: a practical approach to implementing quality reporting [0.03%]
医疗质量报告制度：实施质量评价的实用方法
Ruth Wintz,Brian Rosenthal,Stephen Z Fadem
Ruth Wintz
The Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI) is a voluntary program in which Medicare encourages eligible physicians in the United States to report on specific quality measures. This article is a case study of the implementation of PQR...
Sandeep Soman,Gerard Zasuwa,Jerry Yee
Sandeep Soman
Increasing data suggest that errors in medicine occur frequently and result in substantial harm to the patient. The Institute of Medicine report described the magnitude of the problem, and public interest in this issue, which was already la...
Computer templates in chronic kidney disease care: a tool for improving patient management [0.03%]
慢性肾病患者管理提升工具——计算机模板系统
Brian J Rosenthal,David M Spiegel
Brian J Rosenthal
Templates are custom screens that physicians can use within many practice management systems to offer a more relevant and efficient form for viewing and entering patient information. The ability to customize and effectively use a template i...
Leslie Spry
Leslie Spry
The need to be efficient and the demands for performance-based service are changing how nephrologists deliver care. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) occurs in patients with complex medical and social problems. CKD management requires that multi...
Anjay Rastogi,Ariel Linden,Allen R Nissenson
Anjay Rastogi
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a growing health problem of epidemic proportions both in the United States and worldwide. The care of CKD patients, before and after starting dialysis, remains highly fragmented resulting in suboptimal clinic...
Edward R Jones
Edward R Jones
Kidney Care Partners is a coalition made up of representatives from the entire kidney community. Its mission is to ensure that chronic kidney disease patients receive optimal care, lead quality lives, and have ready access to dialysis care....
Congressional oversight of Medicare program intensifies: a look at the factors surrounding the scrutiny and nephrology's response [0.03%]
美国国会加强对医疗保险项目的监督：审视透析医疗界的反应及应对措施
Robert E Blaser,Alan S Kliger
Robert E Blaser
In recent years, federal legislators and policymakers have increased their oversight of the Medicare program. This increased scrutiny accompanies federal budgetary constraint, the tenuous solvency of the Medicare program, changing congressi...
Commentary. The imperatives for change in the US health care payment and delivery systems are clear [0.03%]
评论：美国医疗支付和供应体系变革势在必行
Barry M Straube
Barry M Straube
Americans' spending on health care is the highest in the world, yet it does not equate with the value expected. There are disparities in access to care and a wide variation in quality. It is imperative that the US health care payment and de...