Brandy Early, Clinical Engagement Manager, and Ankit Patel, MD, PhD, Nephrology Specialist at AristaMD, reveal how Care Design transforms fragmented CKD management into coordinated care pathways that slow disease progression and improve patient outcomes.
During this webinar, Brandy and Dr. Patel will demonstrate how healthcare organizations can implement Care Design frameworks to revolutionize CKD care by:
- Creating nurse-driven protocols that bridge the gap between patient identification (eGFR<60) and timely intervention
- Implementing evidence-based care pathways with clear intensity levels based on CKD stage and progression risk
- Integrating specialist guidance within 24 hours through structured care transitions and adaptive planning
- Deploying proactive care coordination that prevents patients from being lost to follow-up and reduces preventable dialysis starts
- Tracking outcomes automatically to ensure interventions are effective and care teams remain aligned
Brandy Early, RN, MSN
Clinical Engagement Manager
Brandy Early has been a registered nurse for over 16 years. She received her nursing degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and obtained her Master’s in Nursing Administration from Texas A&M Texarkana. She has worked in a variety of nursing settings both clinical and administrative at CHRISTUS Health. She worked as a Physician Recruiter for many years before leaving Christus Health to work at Sitka as the Clinical Engagement Manager.
Ankit Patel, MD, PhD
Nephrologist & Nephrology Specialist at AristaMD
Ankit B. Patel, MD, PhD is a board-certified nephrologist who completed his MD at Weill Cornell Medical College and PhD at Weill Cornell Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He completed his internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and his Nephrology fellowship at the combined Brigham and Women’s/Massachusetts General Hospital Fellowship. His clinical interests remain broad in adult nephrology and include acid-base and electrolyte disorders.