SAN DIEGO — More in-patients with AKI quickly received care based on best practices when a kidney action team sent recommendations to health care providers via electronic health records, according to study data.“Clinical decision support tools such as electronic alerts have improved adherence to best practice in conditions such as sepsis, heart failure and [venous thromboembolisms]

SAN DIEGO — Nearly 75% of kidney transplant recipients at a U.S. hospital who survived at least 1 year did not see a primary care provider in the years following the procedure, according to study data. Long “Anna” Qian, MD, a nephrology fellow at Yale School of Medicine, and colleagues analyzed data from medical records from 819 patients who received a single-organ kidney

SAN DIEGO — Patients who were hospitalized during the omicron variant wave were less likely to develop AKI compared with patients who had previous waves of SARS-CoV-2 infection, according to data presented at ASN Kidney Week, here.“Nearly 5 years into the COVID pandemic, while variants have become more transmissible and less severe, it’s crucial to consider their impact on

SAN DIEGO — Help with transportation, copays and treatment adherence were the top three needs affecting health care according to a group of patients participating in a lupus navigator pilot program. “Social determinants of health are a major barrier for appropriate care for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus,” Abdallah Sassine Geara, MD, associate professor of clinical