Renal Care Community Partnerships - Renal Healthcare Association

Kidney Community Partnerships

Renal Healthcare Association recognizes we are a part of a larger community. As such, we’ve joined forces with other organizations whose mission aligns with our own. This has enabled us to work together to improve patient care and advance the independent and community-based dialysis industry. Our community partners allow us to enhance our educational resources for our members, improve services, and advocate for members on a larger scale.

We would like to thank our community partners for their continued support of Renal Healthcare Association. If your organization would also like to partner with us, please reach out to us at admin@renalhealthcare.org.

Current Collaborations

CDC Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition
The Making Dialysis Safer for Patients Coalition is a partnership of organizations and individuals that have joined forces with the common goal of promoting the use of CDC’s core interventions and resources to prevent dialysis bloodstream infections. Launched in September 2016, the Coalition’s goals are to:

Facilitate the implementation and adoption of core interventions
Increase awareness through educational efforts
Share experiences and findings through collaboration with other Coalition participants

Renal Healthcare Association is a proud member and supporter of the Coalition and its efforts. To learn more about the Coalition visit www.cdc.gov/dialysis/coalition.

Kidney Community Resources

Organizations & Agencies		Government Resources
American Kidney Fund AKF American Nephrology Nurses' Association ANNA American Society of Nephrology ASN American Society of Pediatric Nephrology ASPN Coalition for Supportive Care of Kidney Patients End-of-Life Care Home Dialysis Central Medical Education Institute The Kidney & Urology Foundation of America KUF Kidney Care Partners KCP National Association for Nephrology Technicians/Technologists NANT National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases NIDDK National Kidney Disease Education Program NKDEP National Kidney Foundation NKF Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation PKD Foundation Renal Physicians Association RPA US Renal Data System USRDS Arbor Research Collaborative for Health (Research Organization) Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation AAMI Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations JCAHO National Institutes of Health NIH Transplantation American Society for Artificial Internal Organs ASAIO TransWeb (All about transplantation and donation) United Network for Organ Sharing UNOS		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report MMWR Viral Hepatitis Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS ESRD Overview ESRD Network Organizations Medicare Renal Dialysis Facility Manual from CMS Dialysis Facility Compare from Medicare Medicare Payment Advisory Commission MedPAC Forum of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks Environmental Protection Agency EPA Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA Food and Drug Administration FDA FDA MedWatch U.S. Federal Government: President Senate House of Representatives U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Senate Finance Committee House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee,


Emergency Preparedness		Publications & Resources
See the RHA Emergency Preparedness Resources page		American Journal of Kidney Diseases Hypertension, Dialysis and Clinical Nephrology (ASN Education) Journal of the American Medical Association Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Nephrology News & Issues Nephrology Nursing Journal (official publication of the ANNA) The New England Journal of Medicine National Library of Medicine NLM NLM MEDLINE plus Health Information (Kidney Failure and Dialysis)