Dee has more than twenty years of experience working with non-profit healthcare organizations; previously as Data Manager at Midwest Kidney Network and most recently as Coordinator of the National Forum of ESRD Networks. She is a Registered Health Information Technician with experience in health information management and agency coordination.
Dee LeDuc
Executive Director
Contact Dee
for...
- Agency mission, goals and objectives
- Governance
- Quality improvement initiatives
- Questions about the ESRD program
- Strategic Partnerships and collaboration
Claire Taylor-Schiller, RN
Quality Improvement Director
Claire has almost seventeen years of experience working as a registered nurse. For over the last eleven years, her career has been focused in ESRD as the unit coordinator of an incenter hemodialysis unit. She is excited to join the team at Midwest Kidney Network, as she is passionate about quality improvement and enhancing the lives of patients beyond the bedside through working on population health.
Contact Claire
for...
- Infection control and patient safety
- Vascular access management
- Quality improvement strategies and methods
- Conditions for Coverage
Renae Nelson, LICSW
Patient Services Director
Renae works with people with end stage renal disease (ESRD) as well as dialysis and transplant providers to improve the quality of care received by patients. She brings over thirty years of social work experience to Midwest Kidney Network. She enjoys working with both patients & providers to help them problem solve solutions to their concerns.
Contact Renae
for...
- Patient or facility concerns
- Interest in Midwest Kidney Network's Consumer Committee
- Depression Project/Resources
- Patient Engagement/NCC LAN questions
Candace Kohls, RN
Quality Improvement Coordinator
Candy has twenty years of experience working in the ESRD community. Specifically, her clinical experience includes acute dialysis, chronic incenter dialysis, vascular access, and home peritoneal dialysis. She also has experience in clinic administration for home dialysis PD & HHD. In addition to working in ESRD, Candy has worked in critical care nursing and community mental health.
Contact Candace
for...
- Clinical issues
- State surveyor information
- Conditions for Coverage
- Quality Incentive Program
- Quality improvement strategies and methods
Kristen Ward, MPH
Quality Improvement Systems Specialist
Kristen has been with Midwest Kidney Network since 2007. Kristen works with the clinical data used in Network quality improvement projects such as infection control, immunizations, home dialysis and transplant. Kristen enjoys helping providers access and understand data they can use for quality improvement projects in their own organizations.
Contact Kristen
for...
- Clinical data in EQRS
- Dialysis Facility Reports (DFRs) and Performance Score Reports (PSRs)
- National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN)
- Data collection for quality improvement projects
Alli Bailey
Data Manager
Alli has more than twelve years of experience as a dialysis patient care technician, vascular access manager, home dialysis educator, and EQRS Lead. She has been a part of the Midwest Kidney Network Data Team since 2019, specializing in EQRS facility support and technical assistance.
Contact Alli
for...
- EQRS technical support, concerns, or questions
- Data reporting and submission requirements
- New dialysis facility or transplant unit registration
Aletha Duncan
Health Information Specialist
Aletha comes to us with more than thirty years of experience in dialysis. While working with Fresenius and Abbott NW Hospital, Aletha served as an EQRS lead, patient educator, and patient care technician in both home and incenter dialysis.
Contact Aletha
for...
- EQRS technical support, concerns, or questions
- Data reporting and submission requirements
- New dialysis facility & transplant unit registration
D.J. Johnson
Communications and Quality Improvement Project Specialist
DJ has a background in a wide variety of industries such as Renewable Energy and Finance, but joined us in 2022 after 8 years as a Facility Administrator for DaVita. Now supporting one of the largest ESRD Networks in the US, he is passionate about providing communications and improved data visibility and results to all dialysis operations and transplant centers we support. DJ enjoys working with patients, dialysis facilities, clinicians, and support staff towards the mutual goal of performing high quality dialysis.
Contact D.J.
for...
- Communications/Website/Social Media/Newsletters
- Emergency Preparedness
- Quality Improvement Project Support
- Contact information changes/updates
- State Survey background information requests
- 5 Diamond Patient Safety Program
Patrick Shannon
Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Coordinator
Patrick has been in the ESRD community for 17 years as an RN. He has worked as a floor nurse, nurse supervisor, and nurse manager. He oversees the process of visiting the Network's units in person. He feels rewarded meeting the people that serve our patients in their communities in person. These visits will allow the Network to provide even better support to our dialysis community, with onsite discussions and feedback to help both the Network and its customers provide the best of care for our patients.
Contact Patrick
for...
- Onsite technical assistance
- Quality Improvement
- In person expertise
Liza Laudenbach, LICSW
Patient Services Coordinator
Liza’s dialysis social work career includes experience working in outpatient dialysis clinics, as well as inpatient hospital settings. She enjoys her work with dialysis patients and providers. Liza also enjoys addressing the mental health and palliative care needs of the ESRD community. She supports the Patient Services Team as a Patient Services Coordinator.
Contact Liza
for...
- Patient or facility concerns