The IPRO Quality Innovation Network – Quality Improvement Organization has partnered with the National Kidney Foundation through their initiative “Ending Disparities in Chronic Kidney Disease Stakeholder Summits.” 
 
The stakeholder summits aim to convene 4 working groups, starting in May, of leaders and change-makers in Ohio to collaborate on strategies to improve CKD prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Below are the main goals for each workgroup you or your team can consider joining:

1. Clinical Considerations for CKD in Primary Care: To discuss strategies and approaches that can be employed to improve CKD recognition and care in primary care settings.
2. Engaging Community and Community-Based Solutions: To develop strategies to advance CKD awareness through community engagement and to ensure that health care providers are aware of the community resources available to delay CKD progression.
3. CKD in a Population Health Model: To develop a strategy to incorporate CKD testing and diagnosis into wellness and prevention practices within the employer/commercial health plans, and the broader community.
4. Policy, Payment, and Quality Measurement: To develop a strategy to streamline CKD testing in primary care from a policy and payment perspective.

 
The Ending Disparities Summit workgroups will participate in “Learning in Action” meetings to:

• Analyze the prevalence of undiagnosed chronic kidney disease (CKD) in Ohio, and its impact on patient outcomes, health care costs and health inequities. 
• Discuss strategies and approaches that can be employed to improve CKD recognition and care in primary care settings.
• Evaluate the impact the new Kidney Health Evaluation HEDIS measure can have on improving breakdowns in care and develop a strategy to streamline CKD testing in primary care from a policy and payment perspective.
• Develop a strategy to incorporate CKD testing and diagnosis into community wellness and prevention practices.
• Develop strategies to advance CKD awareness through community engagement and to ensure that health care providers are aware of the community resources available to delay CKD progression.

Interested in partipating? Contact Kelsey Brown.

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