Kidney Intelligence
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago -Successfully Navigating Chronic Kidney Disease with Host Barbara Valle RN, CCO and Director of Digital and Social Media at Kidney Intelligence. Guests selected to illustrate solution focused medicine to help all stakeholders in the Kidney Care industry achieve optimal outcomes.
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010 Bill Valle, CEO of Fresenius Medical Care, NA, on the Future of Dialysis Care in America-Part 3
July 18, 2020 20:36 - 18 minutes - 27.5 MBBill Valle revisits the personal developments and professional experiences that shaped his beliefs and ideology and how they translate into the organization’s core values and social culture. He shares his insights and wisdom, and offers invaluable advice on life and work for aspiring leaders. Bill reflects on the role collaboration between providers and policy-makers for the creation of incentives and a strong private-public partnership to improve healthcare delivery in our country.
009 Bill Valle, CEO of Fresenius Medical Care, NA, , on Challenges in the Kidney Industry-Part 2
July 18, 2020 20:25 - 30 minutes - 43.5 MBBill discusses the drivers and barriers to home dialysis, the complexity of transitional care and the challenge of providing timely access to care tailored to the patient’s specific needs within their ecosystem. He addresses the care dynamics of ESRD patients in a dysfunctional system which calls for early detection, education and multidisciplinary, integrated patient-centered, culturally sensitive value-based care and a system redesign to promote expedited access to transplantation and h...
008 Bill Valle, CEO of Fresenius Medical Care, NA, on Humble Leadership-Part 1
July 18, 2020 20:19 - 31 minutes - 44.8 MBBill offers a very compelling overview of the Kidney Health industry, his leadership role, how personal experiences contributed to shape and define his philosophy, leadership style and vision, and to drive the implementation of transformative initiatives to optimize care delivery in the ever challenging CKD space. A very natural, candid, and engaging guest, Bill offers his invaluable insights and perspectives ,allowing us to navigate with a steady hand the complex world of kidney care.
The ABC's of Building A Successful Home Dialysis Program
June 13, 2020 20:25 - 16 minutes - 35.4 MBOur host, Barbara Valle RN, Clinical Facility Administrator at VIP Kidney Health, a large successful Home Dialysis program answers questions on what makes her organization different and offers her insight on the role of leadership, relationship building, education, expedited access to care and share-decison making in the development of a model of healthcare delivery which produced exceptional outcomes including drastic reductions in hospitalizations, Emergency Department utilization and mor...
006 A Young Couple Faces the Challenges of Chronic Kidney Disease Together-Part 2
June 13, 2020 20:23 - 27 minutes - 39.6 MBA young newlywed couple discusses dating, living together, engagement and marriage, all while coping with one partner's Chronic Kidney Disease. Home Dialysis, Organ Donation, and Kidney Transplant are also discussed. We asked the questions couples in this position want answers to on having a successful and loving relationship within the challenges of living with Chronic Kidney Disease.
007 Bethany's Quest for a Third Kidney Transplant While Planning Her Dream Wedding-Part 3
June 13, 2020 20:20 - 37 minutes - 53.9 MBGuest Bethany Johasky, in Part 3 of her frank interview, covers such topics as planning a dream wedding, owning a popular gourmet store, beginning Peritoneal Dialysis, and realizing your walk down the aisle seems to be dovetailing with your receipt of a 3rd kidney transplant. Funny, down-to-earth, and unscripted, Bethany answers the questions all CKD patients in love or looking for love want the answers to.
002 Changes in Kidney Medicine and Transplant-Part 2
June 13, 2020 19:32 - 23 minutes - 45.2 MBIn Part 2 of our interview with nephrologist Dr. Gabriel Valle, he talks about the changes in Kidney Medicine occurring now that will bring incentives for increased use of home dialysis and organ transplantation. Dr Valle offers his insights on developing a robust Home Dialysis Program and how the physician and nursing leadership at The Kidney & Hypertension Group of South Florida have been achieving superior outcomes for over two decades, and the innovative ideas that led to these succes...
Diagnosis and Management of Polycystic Kidney Disease
June 13, 2020 19:30 - 19 minutes - 40.6 MBIn this episode, Dr. Carlos Bejar leading nephrologist at The Kidney and Hypertension Group of South Florida and faculty member at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine offers an elegant and pragmatic review of the diaagnosis , classsification and clinical chracteristics of patients with Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidey Disease (ADPKD). Type 1 (rapidly progressive) and Type 2 (slowly progressive) are covered in detail. Dr Bejar also talks about comprehensive management strate...
005 Chronic Kidney Disease-From Teen to Transplant-Part 1 of Bethany Comb's Interview
June 13, 2020 19:29 - 29 minutes - 54.5 MBImagine being a beautiful 15 year old competitive swimmer, and waking up one day to find your body grossly swollen. Thus began Bethany's battle with Chronic Kidney Disease. In her own charming and direct manner, Bethany skillfully narrates her journey through being bullied in high school because somedays no shoes would fit her swollen feet, through her first few years away at college, only to return home to begin dialysis and pursue a transplant. Her problem solving attitude towards life wit...
Changes in Kidney Medicine and Transplant Part 1
June 13, 2020 19:12 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MBGuest Gabriel Valle, M.D, FACP, FASN, FCCP, FASH, FACC, nephrologist and Nephrology Education Coordinator for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Residency Program at Holy Cross Hospital in Broward County, and the CEO of The Kidney & Hypertension Group, discusses the government's new five year plan for improving care delivery and outcomes in Kidney Medicine, including decreasing the incidence of End Stage Renal Disease. He also gives tips for how patients, and their care team, ...
001 Changes in Kidney Medicine and Transplant Part 1
June 13, 2020 19:12 - 29 minutes - 54.2 MBGuest Gabriel Valle, M.D, FACP, FASN, FCCP, FASH, FACC, nephrologist and Nephrology Education Coordinator for the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Residency Program at Holy Cross Hospital in Broward County, and the CEO of The Kidney & Hypertension Group, discusses the government's new five year plan for improving care delivery and outcomes in Kidney Medicine, including decreasing the incidence of End Stage Renal Disease. He also gives tips for how patients, and their care team, ...