Government Determinants of Health: Earlier Kidney Disease Detection and Timely Intervention

AAKP Kidney Patient Consumer Policy Roundtable: The Critical Need to Overcome Government Determinants of Health (GDoH)
Discussion Topic: Kidney Disease Screening - How the Federal Government Could Uphold its Commitment to Patients and Taxpayers for Earlier Kidney Disease Detection and Timely Intervention
Moderator:
Edward V. Hickey, III, USMC, President, American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP); Chair, AAKP Veterans Health Initiative; former U.S. Congressional senior staff member; chronic kidney disease patient
Panelists:
• Susan E. Quaggin, MD, FASN; Past President, American Society of Nephrologist (ASN); Charles Horace Mayo Professor of Medicine; Chief of Nephrology/Hypertension and Director, Feinberg Cardiovascular and Renal Research Institute, Northwestern University
This AAKP Policy Roundtable highlighted kidney health issues including the critical need for kidney disease screening, accelerating the innovation for next generation patient-centered medicine, and more intelligent and common-sense alignments of policy, law, regulation, and payment to achieve America's consensus priorities in kidney care. Learn more about bit.ly/AAKPRoundtables and take action by being a KidneyVoter™, visit bit.ly/AAKPTakeAction and bit.ly/AAKPVotes to raise YOUR voice and hold YOUR elected leaders accountable.
AAKP is the oldest and largest, independent kidney patient organization in the U.S. - AAKP is dedicated to improving the lives and long-term outcomes of kidney patients through education, advocacy, patient engagement and the fostering of patient communities. AAKP fights for early disease detection and the appropriate diagnosis of rare/genetic conditions; increased kidney transplantation and pre-emptive transplantation; full patient choice of either in-center or home dialysis; protection of the patient/physician relationship; promotion of research and innovation including artificial implantable and wearable kidneys; and the elimination of barriers for patient access to available treatment options.

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Impressive people. I am happy and grateful for their engagement in keeping me alive.