Collection of national surveillance data on early transplant steps, as well as routinely
captured data on upstream social determinants of health, including the measurement of …

Education for pretransplant, solid-organ recipient candidates aims to improve knowledge
and understanding about the transplant process, outcomes, and potential complications to …

Background Some patients referred for kidney transplant evaluation fail to attend the visit.
Our goal was to compare demographic, socioeconomic, and psychologic factors between …

Background The use of interactive health technology (IHT) is a promising pathway to tackle
self‐management problems experienced by many chronically ill patients, including solid …

Sub-optimal adherence to immunosuppressant medications reduces graft survival for kidney
transplant recipients and adherence-enhancing interventions are resource and time …

Background: Despite our knowledge of barriers to the early stages of the transplant process,
we have limited insight into patient-reported barriers to the prekidney transplant medical …

Background: Little is known about “new media” use, defined as media content created or
consumed on demand on an electronic device, by patients in emergency department (ED) …

The article presents a pilot study of mobile phone text messages to improve lifestyle and
adherence of patients with kidney disease. Methods included the development of an …

Background Patient access to health information using electronic patient portals is
increasingly common. Portal use has the potential to improve patients' engagement with …

African Americans face a disproportionate burden related to the incidence of end stage renal
disease. A literature search was conducted for research articles published between 2006 …