Acronyms
BP
What is blood pressure?
The year Somatus was founded
When is 2016?
Activity to get to an accurate list of the patient's medications
What is Medication Reconciliation?
Method of using data to find the most impactable patients
What is stratification?
Most common type of dialysis modality upon dialysis initiation
What is in-center hemodialysis
PD
What is Peritoneal Dialysis?
The first and last name of the CEO
Who is Ikenna Okezie?
This type of provider referral is needed for CKD stages 4 & 5
What is a nephrology/nephrologist referral?
Document that contains patient's medication list, care team, goals and interventions
What is a care plan?
66% of patients start dialysis in this setting
What is the hospital?
CVC
What is a central venous catheter?
The number of Somatus outpatient dialysis centers
What is 3?
The gold standard for permanent access when initiating hemodialysis.
What is AVF?
Patient is most vulnerable during transitions of care. Name 1 type of transition.
What is home to hospital, hospital to home, hospital to SNF?
Median time spent at this stage of CKD is 0.8 years
What is CKD stage 5?
SDOH
What are Social Determinants of Health?
The Somatus Mission Statement
What is, “To be the world’s best provider of integrated care delivery for patients with or at risk of kidney disease.”?
The 5 members of the care team
Who are the RN, care manager (NP), community health worker, dietitian, pharmacist and social worker?
Managing the network is important for cohesive care management. Name 3 providers or people involved in an ESRD patient's care other than the management team.
What is dialysis center, nephrologist, PCP, caregiver, other specialists?
Minimum length of hospital stay (in days) for patients who crash into dialysis
What is 5 days?
NCQA PHP
What is National Committee for Quality Assurance Population Health Program?
Somatus Values (Hint: We like to ACE IT)
What are Authenticity, Collaboration, Empowerment, Innovation, Tenacity?
3 ways to delay CKD progression
at least 3 of the following: What are nephrologist referral, medication management, comorbidity management for diabetes and hypertension, nutrition, lifestyle changes such as exercise, smoking cessation, stress management, adequate sleep?
The types of patients discussed at weekly rounds
What are high cost, high utilizers, complex patients?
The average number of prescription medications for a patient with ESRD
What is 14?