A patient’s estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) remains a pillar for diagnosing chronic kidney disease (CKD) and tracking its progression. But nephrologists now recognize that eGFR values based entirely on measurement of serum creatinine, the common approach, may be misleading because of nonrenal factors that can skew serum creatinine levels up or down. The solution, […]

A pharmacist-led intervention that involves use of a smartphone app with home monitoring significantly reduced medication errors, adverse events, and hospitalizations among kidney transplant patients, new findings show. “To our knowledge, this is the first large, randomized controlled trial demonstrating an improvement in medication safety outcomes in organ transplantation using a mobile health–based technology coupled […]