• CKD Patient Education

    Kidney Smart® classes can help your patients make better-informed decisions about their kidney health.

    Recommend a Patient

    • Kidney Smart® classes can help your patients make better-informed decisions about their kidney health.

    Recommend a Patient

Your patients can receive award-winning CKD education with Kidney Smart. Kidney Smart is designed to help patients better manage their kidney disease and lead healthier lives. More than 200,000 people have attended Kidney Smart in person or online, helping patients experience better clinical outcomes:1

42%

fewer CVC starts2

House

6x

more home starts3

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38%

fewer missed treatments4

"All of our patients deserve to make a decision based on knowledge. Kidney Smart makes that possible and I encourage all nephrologists to consider it for their patients."

– Jeff Giullian, Chief Medical Officer, DaVita Kidney Care

What Patients Can Expect

Certified Kidney Smart instructors provide patients with kidney health-related content, including:

  • Causes of kidney disease
  • CKD basics and lifestyle choices
  • Kidney diet resources
  • Treatment and modality options
  • The transplant process
  • Working and insurance options
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Recommend Your Patients Today

Finding a recommendation process that fits in your current workflow is important to ensure patients receive education that can help them make informed health choices. There are three ways for you to recommend your patients for Kidney Smart education:

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Online and Mobile

Log in or create an account on the Kidney Smart recommendation website to submit the patient recommendation form.

Your EHR

Contact the Kidney Smart team to explore the potential for setting up a recommendation feature within your EHR. Email info@kidneysmart.org for more information.

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E-Fax

Download the kidney smart e-fax form, fill in the required information and submit the form by fax.

Stories from Kidney Smart Participants

Kidney Smart participants explain how the CKD education program helped them better understand kidney disease and how to manage kidney health for themselves and their loved ones.

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1. Compared with patients who have not received Kidney Smart education. | 2. Kidney Smart Clinical Outcomes, May 2016–2018. | 3. Compared to a similar population of patients controlled for age, race, gender and date of dialysis start. Home modality used on day 1 Kidney Smart Clinical Outcomes, May 2016–2018. While Kidney Smart is not a growth program, Kidney Smart-educated patients have been shown to choose PD at a higher rate than non-educated patients. | 4. Kidney Smart Clinical Outcomes, May 2016–2018. Missed treatment rate calculated over patients’ first 90 days on dialysis.