Dr. John Sedor and Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury join host Jonah Comstock and Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich to discuss innovation in the kidney space, especially the fruits so far of the US government's Kidney X innovation prizes.

Talking points:

What is Kidney X and what’s it’s mission
The Redesigning Dialysis prize competitions
The implantable kidney and patient innovation prizes
Why has innovation been so slow in the kidney space?
Health equity implications of kidney disease
Kidney disease’s “cellphone moment”
Why patient-centricity is important to innovation
Remote monitoring and IT infrastructure for kidney care
What’s next for Kidney X?
The kidney space is open for business — and seeking innovators
Kidney care Dr. McCoy's way

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The KidneyX Innovation Accelerator

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HHS, American Society of Nephrology launch Phase 2 of KidneyX project

The Fed’s plan for 2020? Bring long-awaited innovation to kidney disease

HHS, American Society of Nephrology announce $10M prize for artificial kidney

$10M artificial kidney prize now live via HHS, American Society of Nephrology

Kidney care innovation is open for business — with Dr. John Sedor and Dr. Prabir Roy-Chaudhury