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Northwest Renal Network (Network 16) AK,   ID,   MT,   OR,   WA Northwest Renal Network 4702 42nd Ave SW Seattle WA 98116 (206) 923-0714 fax: (206) 923-0716 our email addresses

The Northwest Renal Network is a private, independent, non-profit corporation that monitors the quality of care given to kidney dialysis and transplant patients in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.   Our page on Who we are and what we do includes links to our Annual Reports.

Our 2003-2006 Quality Improvement Project is part of the Fistula First National Vascular Access Improvement Initiative for increasing the use of AVFistulas.   Here's a patient's perspective on the benefits of AVFs.

Our 2002 Quality Improvement Project was Back to the Basics: Increasing the Use of Arterial Venous Fistulas in Hemodialysis Patients.   You'll find the final report and a list of useful materials for increasing fistula use.   Our 2001 Quality Improvement Project was Verifying the Consistency of Delivered Dose of Dialysis.

Our news bulletins page keeps up with major news about kidney dialysis and transplantation.   You can locate a facility here for dialysis or kidney transplant in our five-state region. 

We've attached some of our summary statistics and reports, including incidence, prevalence, mortality, and clinical performance measures.   Also we have links to resources for patients, administrators and physicians.  And we are now posting a list of Northwest renal-related job openings as a service to the Northwest renal community.

The Network also responds to questions or concerns from patients and staff about the quality of care, and has a formal grievance process.   Here we've included a summary of our grievance protocol and a copy of our Model Treatment Agreement.  

Our Privacy Policy:   We do not collect any information about you when you visit our site.   Be forewarned that email can be intercepted easily, so please do not put confidential information into an email to us.   If you have a grievance about dialysis or transplant care, please refer to the grievance protocol summary for details about the confidentiality and privacy of grievances.

Please call us if you find this site useful, if you have ideas for improving it, or if you find a broken link, typo, or other problem.  

Page updated 14 Nov 2003           

The Northwest Renal Network developed this web site while under contract #500-97-E034 to the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

NEWS BULLETINS FACILITIES LIST CONTACT US
GRIEVANCE PROTOCOL SUMMARY STATISTICS FORUM OF ESRD NETWORKS
JOB POSTINGS RELATED ORGANIZATIONS WHO WE ARE

photo: Lorabeth Lawson