AAKP Launches Kidney Patient Healthline

Main Category: Urology / Nephrology
Article Date: 03 Oct 2007 - 18:00 PST

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Today the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) is pleased to announce the launch of a new patient education program. The AAKP HealthLine is a FREE, one-hour conference call designed to educate kidney patients on a variety of topics affecting them and their families. Conference calls feature kidney healthcare experts from across the country and provide patients with the convenience of gaining knowledge from the comfort of their home or office. Time is provided at the end of each call for participant questions.

The goal of this program is to expand AAKP's efforts to provide health related information to all kidney patients, their families, renal professionals and friends of the kidney community. "With the support of Ortho Biotech and members of the AAKP Medical Advisory Board, the AAKP HealthLine allows AAKP to provide the most recent treatment options for quality care to patients across the country," said Kris Robinson, AAKP Executive Director/CEO.

"Twenty million Americans are estimated to have chronic kidney disease (CKD). We try to develop programs that make it as easy as possible for people to get the best information to take charge of their healthcare," stated Roberta Wager, RN, MSN, AAKP President. "With AAKP HealthLine, that information is just a phone call away."

All conference calls are organized by AAKP and feature world re-known renal professionals. Participation is FREE and no phone charges apply. The first conference called is scheduled for November. To learn more about AAKP HealthLine, log onto the AAKP Web site, http://www.aakp.org.

AAKP is the voluntary, patient organization, which for more than 35 years, has been dedicated to improving the lives of fellow kidney patients and their families by helping them deal with the physical, emotional and social impact of kidney disease. The programs offered by AAKP inform and inspire patients and their families to better understand their condition, adjust more readily to their circumstances, and assume more normal, productive lives in their communities.

http://www.aakp.org