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Learn MoreNKDEP Provides Kidney Disease Education to Hispanic Communities • Making the Kidney Connection at Tom Joyner Community Event • Updates Made to Federal CKD Matrix • NKDEP Collaborates with Organizations to Promote New Resources • NIDDK Partners on AKF Pair Up Campaign • Federal Agencies Convene at KICC Meeting to Discuss Guidelines • CMS Quality Care Finder Helps Beneficiaries Find Better Health Care Options • NDEP's Updated Team Care Guide • Recent and Upcoming Meetings
Making the Connection During 2011 National Kidney Month • Researchers identify new marker to predict progressive kidney failure, death • CKD Nutrition Materials Reflect the Latest Sodium and Vitamin D Recommendations • Spanish Adaptation of Nutrition Fact Sheets Underway • New Tools Available to Support MIPPA CKD Benefit • Follow NKDEP Director Andrew Narva on Twitter • NDEP Offers Resources to Help People Prevent and Manage Diabetes During the Summer Months • COPR 2011 Selection Process Is Now Open • Conferences & Summer Events
Get Involved During National Kidney Month This March • Important Changes to GFR Calculators on NKDEP Website • Provider Education Video Series Expands to Include Spanish-language Videos • NKDEP Coordinating Panel Discusses EHRs, the Impact of CKD in the Hispanic/Latino Population • Renal Nutrition Forum highlights NKDEP's CKD Diet Initiative • Translating CKD Research Workshop Summary Report Now Available • Dietitians and Diabetes Educators talk about NKDEP materials • CMS Expands Telehealth Services for Kidney Disease Education • NDEP Develops New Family History Campaign to Raise Awareness of Diabetes Risk • CDC Releases Updated Diabetes Fact Sheet • New Data from AHRQ on Health Care Use and Expenses for Kidney Disease
Page last updated: April 25, 2012
NKDEP is an initiative of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health (NIH), U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
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