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ArticlePharmacy (Basel, Switzerland)2019

A Primer on Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement for Interprofessional Chronic Kidney Disease Care: A Path to Joint Commission Certification.

Linda Awdishu, Teri Moore, Michelle Morrison, Christy Turner, Danuta Trzebinska

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Article in Pharmacy (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. KDIGO 2024 clinical practice guideline on evaluation and management of chronic kidney disease: A primer on what pharmacists need to know.American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Linda AwdishuSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA. lawdishu@ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3187-3264
Teri MooreNephrology Department, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
Michelle MorrisonNephrology Department, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
Christy TurnerNephrology Department, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
Danuta TrzebinskaNephrology Department, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
University of California San Diego · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interprofessional care for chronic kidney disease facilitates the delivery of high quality, comprehensive care to a complex, at-risk population. Interprofessional care is resource intensive and requires a value proposition. Joint Commission certification is a voluntary process that improves patient outcomes, provides external validity to hospital administration and enhances visibility to patients and referring providers. This is a single-center, retrospective study describing quality assurance and performance improvement in chronic kidney disease, Joint Commission certification and quality outcomes. A total of 440 patients were included in the analysis. Thirteen quality indicators consisting of clinical and process of care indicators were developed and measured for a period of two years from 2009-2017. Significant improvements or at least persistently high performance were noted for key quality indicators such as blood pressure control (85%), estimation of cardiovascular risk (100%), measurement of hemoglobin A1c (98%), vaccination (93%), referrals for vascular access and transplantation (100%), placement of permanent dialysis access (61%), discussion of advanced directives (94%), online patient education (71%) and completion of office visit documentation (100%). High patient satisfaction scores (94-96%) are consistent with excellent quality of care provided.

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chronic kidney diseaseinterprofessional carequality assurance

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PMID31277293
PMCPMC6789732
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