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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