June-July Events

June 20, 2023: EQRS New User Training – For details and registration, see https://mycrownweb.org/pcw_lems/june-2023-new-user-training/.

June 24-25, 2023: Donate Life Northwest Volunteer Opportunities – in Salem and Beaverton OR, for details and registration see https://www.donatelifenw.org/news-and-events.

June 28-29, 2023: AAKP 5th Annual Global Summit on Kidney Disease Innovations – the Summit will be “Hybrid” again this year, with both Virtual (Online) and In-Person options, the Virtual attendance being free. Find Summit history and registration at https://aakp.org/programs-and-events/global-summit/. Find 2023 details and agenda at https://aakp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Global-Summit_Agendav19-online.pdf.

June 29, 2023: EQRS Town Hall – Featuring information about ESRD data reporting deadlines, EOCT announcements, new EQRS features including the Peritonitis Infections Module and Transplant Dashboard for dialysis facilities, updates to the Standardized Hospitalization Ratio (SHR), Standardized Readmission Ratio (SRR), and Standardized Transfusion Ratio (STrR) measures, and frequently asked questions. See https://mycrownweb.org/2023/06/june-2023-town-hall-announce/ for details and registration.

July 1, 2023: UCLA Health CORE Kidney Program Chat Session – Celebration of Independence From Dialysis. See brochure below for details, and register at https://uclahs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GxLIlyDwSmmDssQCvBL0Xw#/registration.

July 13, 2023: Donate Life Northwest Volunteer Opportunity – in Hillsboro OR, for details and registration see https://www.donatelifenw.org/news-and-events.

8/23+ Late August Events

• Renal Support Network KidneyTalk Podcast on Life as a Dialysis Nurse. For details and to play the podcast, scroll down at https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/life-as-a-dialysis-nurse/. Find previous KidneyTalk podcasts at https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk-podcast-show-kidney-disease/.

• August 23-24, 2022: AAKP Annual Summit on Kidney Innovations. Find details at https://aakp.org/programs-and-events/global-summit/ and the agenda at https://aakp.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GLOBAL-SUMMIT-AGENDA_2022-online-v16.pdf. Register at https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E16588&id=57.

• August 23-September 1, 2022: CMS National Training Program Webinars. Details and Registration at https://cmsnationaltrainingprogram.cms.gov/moodle/login/index.php:
  • August 23 – Medicare Scenarios (Casework Session)
  • August 24 – CMS and SAMHSA: Federal Partners addressing Behavioral Health
  • August 25 – Medicare Plan Finder
  • August 30 – Medicare Current Topics
  • August 31 – The Public Health Emergency (PHE) and CMS Programs
  • September 1 – Marketplace to Medicare: What You Can Expect

• August 26, 2022: PFCCpartners Community of Practice Online Workshop on Assessing your Healthcare Organizations Readiness for Patient Family Engagement for Equity. Identify the indicators of readiness to engage with community members and meet your organization’s diversity and inclusion goals. Find the PFCCpartners Readiness Tool at https://files.constantcontact.com/f07fefb6101/76083636-b9f9-46fb-9409-e6dd71b090b8.pdf. See https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIpcO2urj0rHt32Rc8UPd8iLWbDoFOMtkTB to register.

More Meetings, June and Beyond

• June 25, 2022: Donate Life Northwest will return to Mt. Tabor in Portland OR for their annual Dash for Donate Life Northwest walk and gathering. See https://secure.givelively.org/donate/donate-life-northwest/dash-for-donate-life-northwest-return-to-tabor for more information, and register at https://www.dash4dlnw.org/.
• June 30, 2022: My Employment Options will present a free online webinar on Interview Tips. See https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BgjZifm8RI6L413fIc9Kjw for more information and registration.
• August 23-24, 2022: AAKP will present their 4th Annual Global Summit on Kidney Innovations, an online conference on the theme “Global Kidney Patient Voice – The Key to Accelerating Innovation.” Find more information at https://aakp.org/programs-and-events/global-summit/, and register at https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E16588&id=57.
• September 21-23, 2022: AAKP’s Annual National Patient Meeting will be virtual again this year. Find more information at https://aakp.org/programs-and-events/national-patient-meeting/, and register at https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E16588&id=60. The meeting will be free.

March Announcements

• Home Dialysis: HDC has published a March 3, 2022 blog post on In Case You Missed It—The 2021 USRDS Annual Report Has a New Chapter on Home Dialysis. Find it at https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/476-in-case-you-missed-it-the-2021-usrds-annual-report-has-a-new-chapter-on-home-dialysis.
• Staff Safety: The National Academy of Medicine has published a web page on Resource Compendium for Health Care Worker Well-Being. Find it at https://nam.edu/compendium-of-key-resources-for-improving-clinician-well-being/.
• Recorded AAKP HealthLine webinar: Raising Awareness of CKD in Minority Communities, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBAi1Y-WPQ4.
• March:
  • National Kidney Month. Find more information at https://www.dhs.gov/employee-resources/blog/2021/03/25/national-kidney-month.
  • EQRS Bulletin on CMS-2744 Annual ESRD Facility Survey Completion Process. Find details at https://mycrownweb.org/2022/03/cms-2744-annual-esrd-facility-survey-completion-process/.
• March 5-April 3, 2022: NWRD 2022 Annual Conference Recordings. Attendees, Enter Hub at https://www.nwrdonline.org/conference-overview. Non-attendees, buy tickets at https://www.accelevents.com/e/u/checkout/nwrd2022/tickets/order.
• March 10, 2022:
  • World Kidney Day with the theme Bridge the knowledge gap to better kidney care. Fine more information at https://www.worldkidneyday.org/2022-campaign/2022-wkd-theme/.
  • Global UCLA CORE Kidney Health Conference, online. Find details and register at https://uclahs.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zQv54skkSRasvs7ysv5oZw.
  • KDIGO webinar on Interpretation of Genetic Testing Results, Episode 7 of their Genetics in CKD Webinar Series. Find details and register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4530643636231313421.
  • CMS National Training Program Medicare Update & Education Webinar. Find details and register at https://cmsnationaltrainingprogram.cms.gov/moodle/login/index.php.
• March 13, 2022: Donate Life Quilt Workshop. Details at https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/submit-quilt-square; register at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=9663&id=9663.
• March 15, 2022:
  • EQRS New User Training. Details and registration at https://mycrownweb.org/pcw_lems/mar-2022-new-user-training/.
  • NKF webinar on Innovations in Kidney Care. Information and registration at https://go.caredx.com/webinar/innovations-in-kidneycare/.
• March 17, 2022: AAKP Healthline webinar on Transplant Silent Rejection, details and registration at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AAKPHealthLine_TGI.
• March 18, 2022: Comment deadline on KDIGO dm Guidelines, on 2022 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Diabetes Management in CKD. See https://kdigo.org/guidelines/diabetes-ckd/ for details.
• March 22, 2022: Donate Life New Ambassador Orientation. Details and registration at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=9654&id=9654.
• March 24, 2022:
  • EQRS Town Hall. Details and registration at https://mycrownweb.org/2022/03/march-2022-town-hall-2/.
  • AAKP HealthLine on Emerging Therapies, COVID Prevention & the Immunosuppressed. Find details and register at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HLWebinarEmergingCOVIDTherapies.
• March 27, 2022: NKF webinar on Transitioning through the phases of the pandemic, Community Education Program. Register at https://kidney.secure.force.com/rc_connect__campaign_designform?id=7013a000003D3cqAAC&form=00P3a00001fHrkeEAC&.
• March 30, 2022: Donate Life Erase the Wait Reunion. Details on the Living Donation Mentorship Program at https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/erase-wait-living-kidney-mentorship-program. Register at https://www.donatelifenw.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=9659&id=9659.
• April is National Donate Life Month. Find information at https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/national-donate-life-month and https://www.donatelife.net/ndlm/.
• April 1, 2022: Donate Life Trivia Night Fundraiser. Details and registration at https://www.donatelifenw.org/content/trivia-night.
• April 3, 2022: NWRD 2022 Annual Conference Recordings – last day to view. See March 5-April 3 above.

5/13+ AAKP/GWU Global Summit

AAKP and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences will present a 13-14 May 2021 3rd Annual Global Summit: Global Kidney Innovations – Expanding Patient Choices & Outcomes. The conference will be virtual and free. Find more information below and at https://aakp.org/programs-and-events/global-summit/, and register at that website.

4/22+ Staff Education

Recently announced staff education opportunities:

• April 22, 2021: NIDDK will host a live Facebook event on CKD: Hope through Research, featuring Directors of NIDDK discussing advances in artificial kidneys, and research on genetic causes of CKD. Find details and sign up at https://www.facebook.com/events/727026381297271.

• Weekdays in April and May: The Fresenius Global Medical Information & Education Office frequently repeats their extensive suite of CKD staff education webinars and product training presentations. The sessions are open to all, and CEUs are available. Recent additions include a webinar on Non-Infectious Complications of PD, and a Review of the Liberty Select Cycler. Find the course list, May Calendar, a link to more information, and registration instructions at https://custom.cvent.com/0C5715850B334257947E1386198E9836/files/cc507ac1225e456ba9d837d4a6bfa85d.pdf.

• April 29, 2021: EQRS Town Hall on how to admit, discharge, view, and edit patients, and submit initial 2728 Forms. These are data reporting requirements that have NOT been suspended until further notice (see https://nwrnbulletins.wordpress.com/2021/02/01/eqrs-clinical-data-deadline-suspensions/ for details). Find more information on the Town Hall and register at https://mycrownweb.org/2021/04/april-2021-town-hall-registration-open/.

• May 4, 2021: The Coalition for Compassionate Care of California will present a webinar on Caring & Commemoration: Creative Models for the Dying in the Face of COVID. The webinar is free to members, and one CEU is available for nurses and social workers. Find more information and tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/caring-commemoration-creative-models-for-the-dying-in-the-face-of-covid-tickets-149609767843, and in the first picture below.

• July 14, 2021: NIDDK will present a six-hour workshop on Technologies to Optimize Kidneys for Transplant, in an effort to increase the supply of kidneys for transplantation. Find more information and register at https://www.niddk.nih.gov/news/meetings-workshops/2021/technologies-optimize-kidneys-transplant, and in the second picture below.

3/4+ NWRD Annual Conference

Northwest Renal Dietitians will hold their 2021 Annual Conference online March 4-5, 2021 on the theme Looking into the Future. Topics will include KDOQI Nutrition, Cannabis & CBD, Obesity, Soul Food, Malnutrition, Disparities, New Hyperkalemia Diet, Diabetes, Keto Diets, Bone Disease, the Future of Dialysis, and Attendee Tips for the Best Virtual Experience. Up to 14 CEUs will be available. The Deadline for submitting online posters and applications for online exhibitors or scholarships is December 31, 2020. Registration begins January 15, 2021. Find everything you need at https://www.nwrdonline.org/conference-overview.

11/13 NKF Kidney Care Symposium

The NKF Northern California and Pacific Northwest chapters will present its professional education 52nd Annual Medical Symposium: Kidney Care 2020 and Beyond online November 13, 2020. Sessions will cover measurement, home dialysis, telemedicine, and innovation. Up to 6.5 CME/CE units will be available. Find details below, and a detailed agenda and registration link at https://www.kidney.org/events/local-event/52nd-annual-virtual-medical-symposium.

11/10+ RNS Hope Week Online

The Renal Support Network has been offering its free Annual Patient Education Meeting for kidney patients and their families in the Los Angeles area for 27 years. With COVID-19 complicating things this year, RSN did what only Lori Hartwell could have imagined doing – they went global and online, and made it five times as big! So this year, RSN Hope Week will span November 10-14, 2020 with a different theme each day: CKD on day 1, Dialysis on day 2, Transplant on day 3, All Stages of Care on day 4, and Parenting Children with CKD on day 5.

Find RSN’s press release introducing the week at https://www.rsnhope.org/press-releases/renal-support-networks-27th-annual-patient-education-meeting-goes-virtual/. Find a short version of the agenda below. It’s page 1 of their flyer, which includes a full page describing each day – find the full 6-page flyer HERE. Find brief vitae and snapshots of the full faculty at https://www.rsnhope.org/hope-week-faculty/. And register at https://www.rsnhope.org/hope-week-rsns-national-online-patient-meeting/ – there’s also a short version of the agenda on that page.

RSN KidneyTalk Podcasts

The Renal Support Network has recently published audio podcasts for patients on:

● What Is Lupus? – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/what-is-lupus/.

● Transitioning to Home Dialysis – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/transitioning-home-dialysis/.

● Bacteria VS. Virus – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/bacteria-vs-virus/.

● Assessing Your Kidney Transplant Health – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/assessing-your-kidney-transplant-health/.

● Innovations in Kidney Care – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/innovations-in-kidney-care/.

● A Double-Transplant Survivor’s Story – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/valen-keefer-a-double-transplant-survivors-story/.

● Understanding the Five Stages of Kidney Disease – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/understanding-the-five-stages-of-kidney-disease/.

● Covid-19 and Organ Donation – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/covid-19-and-organ-donation/.

● Tips to Help the Search for a Living Kidney Donor – https://www.rsnhope.org/kidneytalk/advocating-for-a-living-kidney-donor/.