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      Treatment Mapping – A Systematic Methodology to Assess Quality, Efficiency and Variability in the Hemodialysis Delivery Process

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          Background/Aims: Radical thinking about the design of industrial processes has greatly improved the quality and efficiency of manufacturing and services. Applying similar methods in healthcare to deliver quality care at lower costs would be valuable. Methods: We have developed and validated a methodology – Treatment Mapping – to analyze the hemodialysis (HD) delivery as an operational process. Results: The methodology was well applicable in the 26 Gambro Healthcare clinics studied (Europe, Taiwan, USA). Monitor process, patient process and dialysis treatment times (mean ± SD) were 324.4 ± 46.0, 272.2 ± 34.5 and 221.6 ± 28.8 min, respectively. In general, significant variability in process cycle times was found in the clinics studied. Conclusion: HD delivery is a complex process influenced by patient characteristics, monitor/disposables design, staff skills and clinic practices and physical layout. The Treatment Mapping methodology is a useful tool to analyze the HD delivery from a process quality and process operational perspective.

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              Halting the progression of chronic nephropathy.

              Aimee Campbell, Piero Ruggenenti, Giuseppe Remuzzi (2002)
              The incidence of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) is increasing worldwide. In the United States alone, there were 372,000 patients requiring renal replacement therapy in the year 2000 and is expected to rise to 650,000 by the year 2010. The trends in Europe and Japan are forecasted to follow a similar path. These increases represent a significant burden to countries worldwide; not only due to the financial costs of providing ESRD care, but also because of lost productivity and significant morbidity and mortality for the affected patients. There is clearly a pressing need for the aggressive identification and early treatment of patients with nephropathy to prevent progression to ESRD. Research in the last 25 yr has made great advances in the understanding of the progression of chronic renal disease in diabetic and nondiabetic proteinuric nephropathy. There are now effective treatment options that can slow the progression of chronic nephropathies in many individuals, and ongoing research has raised the tantalizing prospect of the reversal of renal disease progression.
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                Journal ID (publisher-id): BPU
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Blood Purif
                Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0253-5068
                Title: Blood Purification
                Publisher: S. Karger AG
                ISSN (Print): 0253-5068
                ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9735
                Publication date Subscription-year: 2008
                Publication date (Print): October 2008
                Publication date (Electronic): 28 August 2008
                Volume: 26
                Issue: 5
                Pages: 417-422
                Affiliations
                aMedical and Safety Office, Gambro AB, Lund, Sweden; bMedical and Safety Office, Gambro AB, Washington, D.C., USA
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                Publisher ID: 151664 Other ID: Blood Purif 2008;26:417–422
                DOI: 10.1159/000151664
                PubMed ID: 18753742
                SO-VID: 504fb043-821f-417e-b724-ec349ebcafb0
                Copyright © © 2008 S. Karger AG, Basel
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                Date received : 02 June 2008
                Date accepted : 02 June 2008
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                Figures: 3, Tables: 4, References: 11, Pages: 6
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                Subject: Original Paper

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Cardiovascular Medicine,Nephrology
                Keywords: Quality,Efficiency,Variability,Hemodialysis delivery process,Treatment Mapping,Operational process
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology
                Keywords: Quality, Efficiency, Variability, Hemodialysis delivery process, Treatment Mapping, Operational process

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