Think KidneysRaising the profile of AKI in England

Dr Richard Fluckrichard.fluck@nhs.netChair, Think Kidneys

Acute kidney injury: An ‘intermediate’ health state

Common, harmful, treatable

Associated with other serious illness

Important marker of illness severity

“Force multiplier” for poor outcomes

Potential to improve care

Reduce avoidable harm - death and morbidity

Reduce cost

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Evaluation report 2017

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‘Think Kidneys’ AKI Programme

Who is at risk?

When do people sustain AKI?

How should patients with AKI be

managed?

What do people need to know?

Assessing success

Objectives

Establish the data flows to allow successful audit and quality improvement

Provide clinicians and patients with the education, information and access to and about acute kidney injury to inform individual care

Support commissioners and organisational leads in driving and championing the need to improve acute kidney injury care.

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National levers

Detect Alert

Improving care for the individual

Respond

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AKI Warning stage

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Managing risk – people and place

Educating and guiding

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Collaborating and sharing

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Public awareness: Kidney Health

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‘AKI warning stage’

Patient management

system

Alert Response

Local systems

MessageMaster patient index

Other data systems

AKI Registry

RegionalNational

Research

QI

System Measurement

Improvement

Think Kidneys

Has delivered system levers

Providing a framework for action

Raised the profile

It is supportive of other change agents

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Summary

Objectives

✔Establish the data flows to allow successful audit and quality improvement

✔Provide clinicians and patients with the education, information and access to and about acute kidney injury to inform individual care

✔Support commissioners and organisational leads in driving and championing the need to improve acute kidney injury care.

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