Member, BC Renal Hemodialysis Committee
Committee members work together by sharing their perspectives to enhance strategic planning and improvement of hemodialysis care
Committee members work together by sharing their perspectives to enhance strategic planning and improvement of hemodialysis care
Participants will help make decisions to advance patient and family engagement based on the BC Renal Patient and Family Engagement Framework
The BC Renal Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Committee works to enhance and foster excellence in the delivery of peritoneal dialysis throughout BC.
Cognition (the ability to remember, learn new things, focus, and/or make everyday life decisions) has been identified as a top research priority for people with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Join other people living with chronic kidney disease and learn from a team of wellness and kidney experts.
Kidney patients are often asked by their care providers to complete a survey to help assess their current health status, but new data suggests that this approach may not necessarily enhance communication between patients and their care providers.
A recent analysis shows that more effort may be needed to inform and support family physicians in helping to identify kidney patients at high risk of kidney failure, and to offer these patients appropriate treatment options early on to delay disease progression.
My Kidneys My Health (MKMH) is a freely available, interactive website that provides people living with kidney disease with information on relevant health-related topics.
A new commentary highlights key strategies to address kidney health inequities experienced by Indigenous people.
For patient partners, relationship-building and partnerships were critical for mitigating concerns about issues such as tokenism. As well, they described an increasing appreciation of having their voices recognized.