Therapy data management.
Nephrological Cockpit
At a glance
| The role of software in the quality assurance process | Software has become an important factor to control, automate and improve the workflow during a treatment, or to manage the dialysis program of multiple patients with different conditions effectively. IT enabled dialysis clinics require and create a large amount of data to be captured during the dialysis program of a patient. This captured data needs to be aggregated and presented Ģý a process known as data analys |
| Quality assurance in dialysis Ģý from theory to practice | The most common parameters to measure quality assurance in dialysis are:
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| Dialysis efficiency | Nephrologists manage both the effectiveness of the dialysis program and the efficiency of their clinic. Decisions have to be made, about the balance between health relevance and economics. So the challenges a Nephrologist and / or Dialysis Clinic Manager face include:
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| Nephrological Cockpit | The Nephrological Cockpit is a key component in an overall quality assurance process in renal replacement therapies and helps face the challenges of chronicle disease management. Quality assurance in a dialysis center requires continuous observation of certain indicators. In many cases interventions are needed to improve the outcomes. The quality approach is a continuous process of:
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Quality assurance in dialysis Ģý from theory to practice
The most common parameters to measure quality assurance in dialysis are:
Ģý Dialysis dose administered
Ģý Restoration of extracellular volume
Ģý Control of blood pressure
Ģý Correction of acidosis
Ģý Control of hyperkalemia
Ģý Control of serum calcium, phosphorus, hyperparathyroidism
Ģý Correction of anemia
Ģý Iron stores Ģý Nutritional status
Ģý Inflammatory state
These parameters represent target values Ģý and the specific attribute of the treatment results.
Dialysis efficiency
Nephrologists manage both the effectiveness of the dialysis program and the efficiency of their clinic. Decisions have to be made, about the balance between health relevance and economics. So the challenges a Nephrologist and / or Dialysis Clinic Manager face include:
Ģý Effectiveness of the dialysis session
Ģý Effectiveness of the dialysis program
Ģý How to move from theory to practice
These challenges need to be managed in a complex environment.
Nephrological Cockpit
The Nephrological Cockpit is a key component in an overall quality assurance process in renal replacement therapies and helps face the challenges of chronicle disease management.
Quality assurance in a dialysis center requires continuous observation of certain indicators. In many cases interventions are needed to improve the outcomes. The quality approach is a continuous process of:
Ģý Defining the target value for a certain indicator
Ģý Measuring the outcomes
Ģý Interpreting the results
Ģý Taking action (intervention)
When leveraging data analysis to drive effectiveness and efficiency in a dialysis clinic, data needs to be:
Ģý Context related (gender, comorbidity, medical data, date, target, indicator)
Ģý Longitudinal and exact day
Ģý Aggregated and specific in the same view (drill down)
Ģý From different perspectives (patient and clinic)
The Nephrological Cockpit accomplishes all of these requirements.