title: CROWNWeb--the evolution of kidney data management (Part I).
abstract: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is developing a Web-based application, Consolidated Renal Operations in a Web-Enabled Network (CROWNWeb), which is designed to facilitate data entry, updating, and retrieval for dialysis facilities nationwide. Part 1 of this three-part series outlines the history of end-stage renal disease and Medicare, and covers the rapid growth of ESRD data management as well as other events that require progression to an online data collection and management system.
authors: FMQAI.
authors: Matthew J
authors: MJ
authors: McDonough
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S. / Q000266:history; D003625:Data Collection / Q000266:history; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000266:history*; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Q000266:history; D006436:Hemodialysis Units, Hospital / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000266:history; D020407:Internet / Q000266:history*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000266:history; D006278:Medicare / Q000266:history*; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States