Government Agencies/Resources
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services CMS ~ ESRD Center
- ESRD Clinical Performance Measures (CPM's) Project
- ESRD Quality Improvement Initiative
- ESRD Information Resource
- Renal Dialysis Facility Manual
- Dialysis Facility Compare from Medicare
- Forum of End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Networks
- ESRD Network Organizations
- ESRD Network Resources for Quality Improvement
- Medicare
- Health Information Publication - Dialysis and Kidneys
- Renal Dialysis Facility Manual from CMS
- Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Transplant Services
- Medicare Payment Advisory Commission MedPAC
- US Renal Data System USRDS
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases NIDDK
- National Institutes of Health NIH
- National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
Organizations/Agencies
- American Nephrology Nurses' Association ANNA
- American Society for Artificial Internal Organs ASAIO
- American Society of Nephrology ASN
- American Society of Pediatric Nephrology ASPN
- Arbor Research Collaborative for Health
- Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation AAMI
- The Kidney & Urology Foundation of America KUF
- Kidney Care Partners (KCP)
- http://www.kidneycarecouncil.org (KCC)
- National Association for Nephrology Technicians/Technologists NANT
- National Renal Administrators Association NRAA
- Renal Physicians Association RPA
Nephrology Resources
- http://www.kcercoalition.com/ (Disaster Preparedness)
- Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative K/DOQI™
- Kidney End of Life Coalition Dedicated to End-of-Life Care for Kidney Patients
- Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center at the University of Michigan
- http://www.dopps.org/ (DOPPS)
- NLM MEDLINE plus Health Information (Kidney Failure and Dialysis)
- Nephron Information Center
- Promoting Excellence - In end-of-life-care
- Fistula First Web site devoted to everything about AV Fistulas
- State Health Facts - provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data on all 50 states
Kidney Patients Resources
- American Association of Kidney Patients AAKP
- American Kidney Fund AKF
- Renal Support Network (RSN)
- Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC)
- NxStageUsers
- Home Dialysis Central - Medical Education Institute
- Kidney End of Life Coalition Dedicated to End-of-Life Care for Kidney Patients
- Life Options Rehabilitation Program
- National Transplant Assistance Fund (NTAF)
- http://www.donatelife.net/ (Donate Life)
- Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation (PKD) Foundation
- National Kidney Foundation NKF
Publications/Journals
- American Journal of Kidney Diseases
- Dialysis & Transplantation
- Hypertension, Dialysis and Clinical Nephrology (HDCN) ASN Education
- Internet Nephrology Resources from The Kidney
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
- Nephrology News & Issues
- Nephrology Nursing Journal (official publication of the ANNA)
- Renal Business Today
- RenalWEB