PROGRAM SCHEDULE
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Conference sessions take place March 15th, please join us on the evening of March 14th for a networking reception.
MARCH 14
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Registration Desk Open
5:00 - 7:00 PM
Alberta Kidney Days Opening Reception
MARCH 15
7:30 - 4:30 pm
Registration Desk Open
7:30 - 8:30 AM
Breakfast & Registrations
8:00 - 8:15 AM
Welcome & Introductions
8:15 - 9:00 am
Partnerships in our Family’s Journey with Kidney Disease
Kali Lehman, Patient Partner
9:00 - 9:45 AM
Annual Baay Chair Lecture - Hang On, Those Data Are About Me: Making the UK Renal Registry Work for Patients, Funders and Healthcare Professionals
Dr. Fergus Caskey, Bristol, UK
Since the 1960s, renal registries have provided invaluable information for advocacy, planning, quality assurance and research. By their very nature they rely on personal and sensitive individual patient data being transferred from renal units to a central coordinating office where it can be analyzed and used to improve (and demonstrate improvements in) patient and population health. In this talk, Dr Fergus Caskey will explore how the UK Renal Registry has been evolving to include patients and funders, as well as healthcare professionals, in setting the priorities for what it does with patients’ personal and sensitive data.
9:45 - 10:15 AM
Networking Break & Exhibit Review
10:15 - 11:00 AM
Plenary Panel - The Financial Burden of Chronic Kidney Disease
While there is a lot of focus on the cost of end stage kidney disease from the health care system perspective, there is less known about the economic consequences on patients and families. The results of a Canada wide survey determining the economic impact of end stage kidney disease on patients will be presented here, along with discussion of implications and potential policies.
Panelists:
Neil Thompson, Alberta Kidney Care
Samantha Cassie, Alberta Health Services
11:15 - 11:50 Am
Concurrent Sessions
11:55 - 12:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
1:15 - 1:50 PM
Concurrent Sessions
1:55 - 2:30 PM
Concurrent Sessions
3:00 - 3:50 PM
Kidney Care Cafe
During this session, conference attendees will have the opportunity to listen to short updates on the work being done by Alberta Kidney Care and the Kidney Health Strategic Clinical Network in a world café-style session.
Confirmed (12):
Amputation Prevention in Hemodialysis Patients: Improving Quality of Care Pathways
Natalie IlkiwImproving Medication Safety in Hemodialysis Patients
Jenny WichartLatent TB Screening
Dr. Jennifer MacRae, Leila Barss, Clinton RichmondSTART Project
Anita Kozinski and Kin TamProgresses of the Living Donor Kidney Transplant Working Group
Terry Smith, Colette LongworthPotential Benefits, Consequences, and System Requirements of a Home-Based Electronic Visit Model in Rural Hemodialysis Care
Meaghan LunneyDevelopment and Implementation of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for Recognizing and Responding to Hospital-Acquired Acute Kidney Injury
Meha BhattUsing NT-proBNP and BNP to Predict Clinical Outcomes in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease: A systematic Review and Prognostic Meta-Analysis
Tyrone HarrisonElectronic Advice Request System for Nephrology in Alberta: Pilot Results and Implementation
Deenaz ZaidiCurrent State of CKD Care in Canadian Primary Care: A Retrospective Analysis of CPCSSN Database Study
Mohamed Osman
3:50 - 4:20 PM
Keynote Presentation:
Kidney Health and Disease in Canada and Globally: Opportunities and Challenges
Dr. Adeera Levin, University of British Columbia
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
Describe the overall state of kidney care in Canada and globally
Explain some of the key opportunities and challenges in care delivery
Appreciate key challenges and opportunities in conducting quality improvement projects and kidney research
4:20 - 4:30 PM
Closing Remarks