Transitions of Care Toolkit
This Toolkit for health providers and practitioners is a reference tool that gives information about challenges in transitions of care and suggestions to help create solutions.
Video and Slides 2025: Forum Past-President David Henner, DO, presented on the Transitions of Care Toolkit at the 2025 National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. View the slides and video here:
Slides: Ensuring Continuum of Care during Transitions
Video: Ensuring Continuum of Care during Transitions [Posted with permission from the National Kidney Foundation. Presentation from the NKF 2025 Spring Clinical Meetings.]
Updated March 2022: Updates to this Toolkit include Chapter 11: Transitions of Care During a Viral Pandemic, a Medication Reconciliation Guide (pg 103), and a sample Transient Dialysis Patient Form (pg 105).
Transitions of Care Toolkit - [Updated March 2022]
Sample Transient Dialysis Patient Form v2.0 Excel - [03/12/2021]
Sample Transient Dialysis Patient Form v2.0 PDF - [03/12/2021]
Medication Conversion Guide V1.2 - [02/11/2019]
Video & Slides: Updates to the Transitions of Care Toolkit [Nov 2019]
Included in the April 2019 updates are 2 new tools: the Medication Conversion Guide and a sample Transient Dialysis Patient Form. Learn about these updates and tools through this short video presentation by our Forum President, Ralph Atkinson, MD and MAC Chair, David Henner, DO.
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July KPAC Newsletter Now Available
Read It Today!
The July issue of Your Voice, Your Health is now available. This issue features an article from KPAC member Precious McCowan, PhD, about her decision to donate her son's organs. It's a must read! Read this and past issues of Your Voice, Your Health here.
Forum Member Presents on Transitions of Care
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Forum Board member David Henner, DO, presented on the Transitions of Care Toolkit at the 2025 National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings. View the slides and video.
April is Donate Life Month!
KPAC Develops Donate Life Month Flyers for Patients
April is Donate Life Month! The Forum of ESRD Networks’ Kidney Patient Advisory Council (KPAC) has developed some helpful flyers, one for each week in April, for you to display in your facility.
Forum Releases CMS Medication Bundle Resource
The Forum has developed a reference table for dialysis-related medications and their status with the CMS medication bundle.
Download it here.
March is Kidney Month!
KPAC Develops Kidney Month Flyers for Patients
March is Kidney Month! The Forum of ESRD Networks’ Kidney Patient Advisory Council (KPAC) has developed some helpful flyers, one for each week in March, for you to display in your facility.
KPAC Member Bios Now Available!
Want to know more about the Forum's KPAC members?
Read their bio statements here. If you're looking for a patient advocate to speak at your event, it's a great way to find the perfect match.