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📣 KidneyCure grant applications are open. Access funding that can be instrumental in your career and help advance kidney care. Apply by Thursday, Nov. 19, at 2:00 p.m. EST: bit.ly/kcgrantsfunding Questions? Join the webinar Thursday, Oct. 29, at 12:00 p.m. EDT: bit.ly/grantsweb
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That's a wrap with the 2026 KidneyX EMPOWER: Living Link Prize Challenge Showcase. THANK YOU @HHSGov, @ONC_HealthIT for hosting today's showcase and congratulations to all of the winners! 🎊
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KidneyX EMPOWER Prize Winner "Expanding Living Kidney Donation in Adults in Adults 65 and Older" developed by @MedStarGUH Transplant Institute, replaces fixed criteria with an individualized, age-adjusted, and risk-stratified evaluation framework.
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KidneyX Empower Prize Winnter "Kidney Connective" is a donor and pair-facing best-fit routing experience that helps a donor and their recipient find the transplant center where they're both eligible.
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KidneyX EMPOWER Prize winner "A Rural Living Donor Tele-Navigation Hub" developed by Dartmouth Transplant, is a telehealth-enabled care model shifting testing and care coordination closer to home to reduce barriers for rural donors.
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KidneyX EMPOWER Winner "Cadence" developed by @nyulangone, is a virtual program employing trained lay navigators to deliver the "Live Donor Champion" program, equipping families to act as advocates. They are seeking donor community partners!
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KidneyX EMPOWER Prize winner @TheNKDO "The NKDO Living Link Network" is a national model connecting prospective donors and patients with trained living donor mentors and moderated peer discussions.
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KidneyX Empower Prize Winner DonorForward developed by Columbia University Irving Medical Center/@nyphospital is a structured identification and decision aid system turning unused donor readiness into non-directed kidney transplants!
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Dhiren Kumar, MD with @VCUHealth School of Medicine presents KidneyX Empower Prize Winner "The KHCP Living Link Pathway". The KHCP Living Link Pathway is an EHR-enabled care model that uses rule-based CKD identification and predictive risk equations to activate donors early.
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Kelsey Drewry, PhD, presents KidneyX Empower Prize Winner LIVINGKidney. Developed by @Regenstrief, LIVINGKidney is a standalone mobile app and website that provides structured guidance and AI knowledge assistance for living donors!
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KidneyX EMPOWER Grand Prize Winner 🥇Richard Horsley presents LivingLink, a full stack, open-source platform built on HL7 FHIR R4 that integrates natively into commonly used electronic health records (EHR).
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.@ASNKidney President @samirparikhmd helps kick off the KidneyX EMPOWER Prize Showcase. "The winning technologies, prototypes, and clinical innovations will transform the experience of becoming a living donor, being a living donor, and caring for living donors".
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Join @ASNKidney, @ONC_HealthIT, and the kidney community this morning from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT as the winners of the #KidneyX EMPOWER Prize Challenge present their innovations! Tune in to the showcase here: hhs.gov/live/index.html
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The 2026 #KidneyX EMPOWER prize winners will present their innovations tomorrow, September 10, in Washington, DC! Join @ASNKidney, HHS, and the kidney community in celebrating the winning solutions. The showcase will be livestreamed at 9:00 a.m. EDT: hhs.gov/live/index.html
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Join us on September 10 from 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT (registration 8:30) for the KidneyX EMPOWER Winners Showcase! Hear from the innovators working to advance living kidney donation. Registration for in-person attendance ends September 5. More info here: healthit.gov/event/advancing…
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HHS has announced the nine winners of the 2026 #KidneyX Empower: Living Link Prize Challenge. The competition sought innovations to improve the process of living kidney donation. Read all about the winning solutions here: hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-annou…
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Innovation Highlight 🔦: We are seeking tools for "Donor-Centered Outcomes." How can technology better support a living donor's journey? Show us your solution. Submit to Track B of the KidneyX EMPOWER Prize today. kidneyxempowerchallenge.org/ #KidneyX @ASNKidney
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The KidneyX EMPOWER Challenge closes in 10 days. Turn ideas into action and bring forward a solution that can advance living kidney donation. 🏆Four Million in prizes 🔀 Two participation paths 💡 Five focus areas Submit by Mon, June 15, at 5 p.m. PDT: bit.ly/26empower
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Innovation Highlight 🔦: We are seeking tools for "Donor-Centered Outcomes." How can technology better support a living donor's journey? Show us your solution. Submit to Track B of the KidneyX EMPOWER Prize today. kidneyxempowerchallenge.org/ #KidneyX @ASNKidney
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