Sepsis is a life-threatening medical emergency resulting from the body’s response to infection. Early recognition of symptoms and timely intervention can mean the difference between life and death.
Comagine Health ESRD Network 16 is committed to working with our community partners to advance quality improvement and create a better health care system so that people and communities will flourish. Community coalition members play a vital role in this work.
Are you interested in joining us?
Community coalitions function as bodies of stakeholders who collaborate and share knowledge and resources to drive quality improvement. They:
Community coalitions are made up of diverse and engaged people who represent our local communities and are dedicated agents of change.
If you’re interested in joining a community coalition, please complete our ESRD Coalition Interest Form.
Comagine Health’s ESRD Network strives to promote optimal care for people with end-stage renal disease. Optimal care includes not only safe and quality care, but also improved patient independence and quality of life. Vocational rehabilitation (VR) provides a path to reduce the impact of kidney disease on your lifestyle and income.
These VR resources can assist you in returning to work or school.
*Available in other languages at https://www.ssa.gov.
The Network is here to support your vocational rehabilitation efforts and to help remove any barriers. If you have any suggestions or comments or would like assistance with VR, please call Lisa Hall, patient services director, at 800-262-1514.
While emergency department transfers and hospital admissions/readmissions may be necessary to respond to a LTPAC facility resident’s urgent health crisis, data show that a percentage of these transfers are potentially preventable.
Report to the Network any changes impacting normal facility operations, schedules or access to treatment as a result of power outage, impassable roads or evacuation. Notify the Network as soon as there is a known problem — including outside of business hours.
Guide to Reporting Emergency Events to the Network
CMS requires facilities to contact their local disaster management agency at least annually and as needed for support with restoration of services or to obtain medical resources such as PPE in the event of a disaster or an emergency.
Comagine Health ESRD Network 16 is required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to conduct emergency preparedness and response activities to assist the renal patient and provider communities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.
In preparation for emergencies, the Network:
During emergency responses, and per HIPAA and CMS policy, the Network:
Phone: 206-923-0714
Patient phone: 800-262-1514
Fax: 206-923-0716
The Medical Advisory Council (MAC) of the National Forum of ESRD Networks has developed toolkits to assist facilities in meeting the Conditions for Coverage.
Download our Virtual Peer Support information sheet.
If you know of a support group not listed here, please fill out this form so we can add it to our list.
We encourage patients to bring questions about these resources to their health care team.
Health care professionals who use these resources are responsible for evaluating the appropriateness of the content.
The Decreasing Dialysis Patient-Provider Conflict Toolkit provides resources to help nurses, physicians, social workers, patient care technicians, dieticians, administrators, unit secretaries and all other staff involved in the daily operations of the dialysis clinic to better understand, respond to and decrease conflict.
The DPC Toolkit is designed to help:
Decreasing Dialysis Patient-Provider Conflict Toolkit
Decreasing Patient-Provider Conflict (DPC) Revised Modules 2024
A kidney transplant is when a kidney from another person (living or deceased) is placed inside your body to do the work that your own kidneys can no longer do. With a kidney transplant you can live a normal life and do not require any form of dialysis while the kidney continues to function. Every patient has the right to be referred and evaluated for a transplant.
You need to pass some medical tests to get a transplant. These tests look to see if your body is healthy enough for the surgery and if you will be able to take the medications needed after surgery to help your body adapt to the new kidney.
Trained staff work with you to determine if transplant is right for you. If you have been told by one transplant center that you are not a candidate, you may qualify at another transplant center with different criteria.
Your doctor should discuss all of the risks and benefits of kidney transplant. Transplants are not always successful. If your transplant fails, you can still pursue other treatment options and get back on the transplant list.
Kidney transplant centers have varying criteria for patients. Use the Kidney Transplant Compare tool to find the best match for your needs. You can search, save and compare centers by medical criteria, support services, wait times, survival rates and location.
