Medical Review Board
Quality Insights Renal Network 3's 16-member Medical Review Board (MRB) is charged with overseeing the Network 3 quality program. Board activities include the following:
- Identifying Network-wide and dialysis facility-specific opportunities for improvement through routine monitoring of data profiles and pattern analysis
- Designing and implementing activities to address areas needing improvement and/or further examination
- Making recommendations to and assisting dialysis facilities in correcting identified problems and improving care
- Identifying "high-performing" dialysis facilities and working with them to identify benchmark practices to share with other facilities
If you are interested in becoming a member of the Medical Review Board, please contact Christopher Brown at (609) 490-0310 ext. 2426 or cbrown@qualityinsights.org.
Members
Ann Panten, RD
Fresenius Medical Care Renal Institute
New Jersey
Heather Lefkowitz, MD
DaVita Parkside Dialysis
New Jersey
Joshua Kaplan, MD
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
New Jersey
Joy Duarte
Patient Representative
New Jersey
Juan Nieto, CBET
Certified Biomedical Nephrology Technician
New Jersey
Keith Norris, MD
Atlantis Healthcare Group
Puerto Rico
Lenna Lipman, RN
Fresenius Medical Care
New Jersey
Lisandro Montalvo, MD
Fresenius Medical Care
Puerto Rico
Cythia Portalatin, MSW, LSW
Roy Schneider Hospital
US Virgin Islands
Mani Swaminathan
Patient Representative
New Jersey
Michael Yudd, MD
VA Hospital
New Jersey