Search

Since the release of the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative on July 10, 2019, by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ANNA has supported the efforts to increase [...]

I would like to wish all a happy new year, and with the new year, ANNA has a new ANNA strategic plan approved. This will ensure ANNA continues to RISE. [...]

I want to wish all a blessed holiday season, joy, and health. With the holiday season, I want to extend my gratitude for everyone's efforts to ensure ANNA and nursing [...]

As the state of our health care environments continue to evolve, so does our association. To address these changes and to position ANNA for success now and in the future, [...]

We will remember 2020 as the year a Great Pandemic put the vision of our world-class nephrology nursing association--im proving members' lives through education, advocacy, networking, and science--to the test. [...]

During this unprecedented time, the COVID-19 pandemic is coming up on year two, which has taken much time, energy, resources, and life, along with dividing our country. What if I [...]

There has been a lot of fear, excitement, and even concern in the nephrology community with COVID-19 and the Advancing American Kidney Health Executive Order. I, too, am anxious, yet [...]

We report the two-year experience of an academic emergency treatment centre with using Lean – a technique that focuses on adding value and eliminating waste in a service line – to continuously improve patient flow. Lean helped us make changes in the process that were designed and adopted by our frontline providers. Two years after we adopted Lean, our total length of stay has decreased 3% despite an 18% increase in the patient volume and a 22% increase in admissions per month. The implementation of Lean has also been associated with a 9% decrease in the direct expense per patient (from $112 to $102.50) and a 9% increase in patient satisfaction. We conclude that Lean, when applied as a value-driven tool and adopted by the frontline workers in accordance to the local culture of care delivery: (1) yields the enhancement of patient flow and patient satisfaction that is sustainable beyond its short-term effects and (2) adds value; patients receive higher quality care at a lower cost.

Relates the experiences during excavation of the mammoth bones in the hot springs of South Dakota. Imagination of the plains during the existence of the mammoth; Consideration as an experience to tell to the next generation; Contribution of Larry Agenbroad to the satisfaction of the group.