Authors: Quintaliani G, Cappelli G, Lodetti L, Manno C, Petrucci V, Spinelli C, Tarchini R, Virgilio M, Faini M, Alloatti S, Cancarini G, Zoccali C
Chronic kidney diseases (CKD) has now emerged as a public health priority, and there is an increasing demand by patients and health care organisations that the quality of care delivered by renal units to CKD patients be systematically monitored and evaluated. The Italian Society of Nephrology (SIN) has started an initiative aimed at promoting a quality certification process specifically focused on CKD. To this end, SIN started a collaboration with an independent Italian company which is a partner of Joint Commission International (JCI), a nonprofit international organisation dedicated to the promotion of quality improvement and safety of he...