Excellence in Patient Care

Excellence in Patient Care (EPC)

Excellence in Patient Care (EPC) focuses on ASN’s clinical priorities to provide high-quality care for people with kidney diseases.

Through all its projects, EPC embraces three aims:

1. To ensure all people with kidney diseases receive the best evidence-based care possible.
2. To champion patient experiences, preferences, and values by actively engaging people with kidney diseases in EPC activities.
3. To advance equitable access to high-quality kidney care by promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion and pursuing health care justice.

EPC Projects & Initiatives

Spotlight

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AKINow: Building Kidney Biorepositories Recorded April 18, 2024

A panel of internationally-recognized clinician-scientists discuss how the nephrology community can successfully build an AKI or kidney-related biorepository.

Video Recording Shared Materials

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New Online Learning Module! Your Kidneys and Your Health: Living with Diabetes

This new online learning module is intended for individuals with chronic kidney disease and diabetes, and the healthcare providers who care for them.

 

This module was developed under the leadership of Patrick O. Gee, Sr., PhD., Steering Committee member and patient advocate.

 

 

NOTE: Upon completion of this module and the evaluation, you will have the opportunity to print a Certificate of Attendance. Your input on the evaluation will assist ASN in updating this resource in the future.

Your Kidneys and Your Health: Living with Diabetes

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ASN Home Dialysis Scholarship Program Application open March 18- May 31, 2024

In collaboration with Home Dialysis University (HDU), ASN has created a scholarship program for second and third year fellows to improve nephrology trainees’ knowledge, proficiency, and exposure to home dialysis therapies. Forty-five scholarship recipients will receive complimentary registration and travel support to attend an in-person HDU course September 8-10, 2024 in Chicago Illinois. All selected fellows will then participate in an 11-session virtual case-based series designed to provide in-depth training on home dialysis therapies.

Apply for Travel Scholarship & Virtual Education Program Learn about HDU

Resource Library

The Excellence in Patient Care Library is a collection of resources to promote excellence in the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic kidney disease. These resources will help kidney care professionals transform the delivery care, reduce morbidity and mortality, and improve long-term outcomes.

Online Learning Courses

Thank You Kidney Care Team

The American Society of Nephrology thanks you, the Kidney Care team, for your extraordinary efforts caring for kidney patients throughout this pandemic.

We’re United 4 Kidney Health.

See COVID-19 Resources » Download Thank You Poster »