CKD Strategy
Science
DaVita Knowledge
CKD Interventions
Historical Events
100

Name one of the main goals of CKD Strategy.

What are preventing hospital admissions/readmissions OR slowing disease progression

100

Living organisms use this process to turn CO2, sunlight, and water into energy. 

What is photosynthesis

100

DaVita, a kidney dialysis company, is headquartered in this United States city.

What is Denver

100

This intervention can be key for preventing respiratory-related hospitalizations on a seasonal basis.

What is vaccination

100

With this monumental human achievement, the United States officially beat the Soviet Union in the space race.

What is The Moon Landing

200

This abbreviation measures the financial impact of care for CKD patients.

What is TCOC

200

With an atomic number of 6, this element is the fundamental backbone of all 'known' life on earth.

What is carbon

200

Derived from the Italian language phrase "Dare Vita," the name DaVita means this phrase.

What is to give life

200

This heart condition, when managed, can lead to slowing of CKD disease progression because of the 'connection between kidneys and heart'.

What is Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

200

In August of 1963, this famous event, attended by an estimated 250,000 people, had significant influence on American civil rights.

What is the March on Washington

300

This word, a key driver of hospitalizations, can be synonymous with contagion.

What is infection

300
Over 300 marsupial species live in South America and Australia, however there is one marsupial that lives in North America.

What is the opossum

300

DaVita is a component of this major, well-known stock market index.

What is the S&P 500

300

These two approaches are proven to reduce kidney injury & mortality.

What are medications management, disease state management, and comorbidity management

300

The largest and costliest urban battle in military history, this monthslong stalemate that resulted in a Soviet victory over the Nazis is named after the city it took place in.

What is the Battle of Stalingrad

400

With strict adherence to both ACE/ARB and SGLT2 medications, CKD patients can gain this much time free of kidney failure.

What is 7 years

400

With two launches in 1977, this program aimed to explore further than humanity ever has; the two probes are currently the furthest man-made objects from Earth.

What is the Voyager program

400

This person, known for his eccentric personality and unorthodox approach to company culture, preceded Javier Rodriguez as DaVita's chief executive officer.

Who is Kent Thiry

400

What two medications should ALL CKD patients be considered for as combination therapy?

What are ACE/ARBs + SGLT2 Inhibitors

400

Depicted in a famous 1851 portrait, this surprise military maneuver by George Washington in frigid conditions is widely regarded as a turning point of the revolutionary war.

What is The Crossing of the Delaware

500

"Our CKD clinical strategy is our operating strategy which is our growth strategy", this phrase is what for our team?

What is our CKD Strategy Tagline

500

Destructions leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation. This cataclysmic astronomical event is responsible for the existence of all the elements heavier than iron.

What is a supernova

500

In this year, the world wide web became easily accessible to the public for the first time and DaVita (then Total Renal Care Holdings) had its initial public offering.

What is 1995

500

For our diabetic patients, each 1% reduction in a patient's A1C can yield this percentage drop in TCOC for the year.

What is 2%

500

One of the largest recent conflicts in Western Europe, this 30 year conflict over Irish sovereignty between Irish paramilitaries and the British armed forces ended in 1998 with the Good Friday Agreement.

What are The Troubles