Vision
Network 8, Inc. strives to improve the quality and experience of care for all kidney patients in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Mission
Network 8, Inc. will be an effective resource and advocate for all kidney patients, their families and providers, through collaboration with others, to promote quality outcomes and appropriate modes of therapy throughout their lives until the end of life.
Goals
Network 8 endorses the key goals adopted by CMS:
Improve the quality and safety of dialysis related services provided for individuals with ESRD.
Improve the independence, quality of life, and rehabilitation (to the extent possible) of individuals with ESRD through transplantation, use of self-care modalities (e.g., peritoneal dialysis, home hemodialysis), in-center self-care, as medically appropriate, through the end of life.
Improve patient perception of care and experience of care, and resolve patient's complaints and grievances.
Improve collaboration with providers to ensure achievement of the goals through the most efficient and effective means possible, with recognition of the differences among providers (e.g., independent, hospital-based, member of a group, affiliate of an organization, etc.) and the associated possibilities/capabilities.
Improve the collection, reliability, timeliness, and use of data to measure processes of care and outcomes; maintain Patient Registry; and to support the ESRD Network Program.