Intensive Patient Referral and Education Program Prior to Renal Replacement Therapy
Intensive Patient Referral and Education Program prior to Renal Replacement Therapy (iPREP-RRT) is a 12-week intervention that identifies hospitalized African Americans with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and provides them with hospital- and community-based education, navigation and self-management support. Participants will be randomized to the iPREP-RRT intervention versus enhanced usual care.
• Patients over the age of 18 and under 70
• Admitted to the University of Chicago inpatient general medicine service
• Likely hospital stay greater than 48 hours
• Diagnosis of advanced CKD (Stage 3B or above, as determine by problem list, ICD- 10 codes or eGFR\<45 during admission and from previous medical encounters)
• Self-identify as Black or African American