Putting patients at the center of kidney care transitions: prepare now, a cluster randomized controlled trial

Care for patients transitioning from chronic kidney disease to kidney failure often falls short of meeting patients' needs. The PREPARE NOW study is a cluster randomized controlled trial studying the effectiveness of a pragmatic health system intervention, ‘Patient Centered Kidney Transition Care,’ a multi-component health system intervention designed to improve patients' preparation for kidney failure treatment. Patient-Centered Kidney Transition Care provides a suite of new electronic health information tools (including a disease registry and ri sk prediction tools) to help providers recognize patients in need of Kidney Transitions Care and focus their attention on patients' values and treatment preferences.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - September 12, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Jamie A. Green, Patti L. Ephraim, Felicia F. Hill-Briggs, Teri Browne, Tara S. Strigo, Chelsie L. Hauer, Rebecca A. Stametz, Jonathan D. Darer, Uptal D. Patel, Katina Lang-Lindsey, Brian L. Bankes, Shakur A. Bolden, Patricia Danielson, Suzanne Ruff, Lana Source Type: research