Why organizations license NKF content
Kidney health education is complex. NKF makes it easier to deliver information that is accurate, understandable, and trusted. Your organization will get access to trusted education that is accurate, understandable, and ready to support the people you serve.
With NKF licensed content, you can:
- Build credibility with clinically reviewed kidney health education
- Save time and reduce content development costs
- Support consistent education across programs, platforms, and care settings
- Improve understanding with plain-language content for patients and care partners
- Add kidney education into digital tools, care workflows, and outreach campaigns
- Expand access to education across the kidney disease journey
What can be licensed
NKF maintains a broad kidney education library for patients, care partners, clinicians, and healthcare organizations.
Available content may include:
- Professional and patient web content
- Downloadable handouts and flyers
- Infographics and visual education
- Videos and interactive learning tools
- Professional education and clinical support resources
Who the NKF partners with
Your organization can use NKF content to support patient, professional, and community health initiatives.
This may include:
- Health plans and care management organizations
- Hospitals and health systems
- Digital health platforms
- Patient engagement companies
- Pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations
- Dialysis and kidney care organizations
- Community-based programs
- AI, chatbot, and emerging technology companies
Ways partners use NKF content
Organizations license NKF content for many types of education, engagement, and outreach.
Common uses include:
- Digital health platforms
- Patient portals and mobile apps
- Care navigation tools
- Patient engagement campaigns
- Coaching and care management workflows
- Health plan education and communications
- Community outreach programs
- Co-branded education materials
- Professional education and staff training
Flexible ways to license NKF content
You can license NKF content in several ways, depending on how your organization plans to use, share, or integrate kidney health education.
Common licensing options include:
- Co-branded education
- White-label content
- Embedded content
- Print or digital distribution
- Customized or adapted content
AI, chatbot, and emerging technology use
Many organizations are building digital tools that use artificial intelligence, chat-based experiences, predictive models, and personalized workflows to support patient education and care management.
You can bring trusted kidney health education into these tools while supporting quality, consistency, and patient understanding.
Common uses include:
- AI-powered health assistants
- Chat-based education tools
- Digital care management platforms
- Integrated patient education workflows
- Clinical support tools
For organizations that want to use NKF content in products, platforms, programs, campaigns, care workflows, AI enabled tools, or broader distribution.
For limited, one-time use of specific NKF materials.
For content published in NKF journals.
For organizations that want to link to a public NKF webpage linking directly back to kidney.org
Content Licensing NKF Educational Content
Organizations interested in licensing NKF educational content, exploring co-branded materials, adding education into their workflows, or requesting permission to reproduce content may contact the NKF Content Strategy team via the content licensing form or email at nkf.contentlicensing@kidney.org.
Copyright Permission for One-Time Use
Some requests may not require a full licensing agreement. If you are requesting limited, one-time permission to reproduce or use specific NKF copyrighted materials, please complete NKF’s copyright permission request form.
Examples may include:
- Single use to copy or print a specific handout
- Using a short content excerpt
- Requesting use of a specific image, graphic, or webpage
- Sharing NKF materials in a limited educational setting
For broader use in platforms, programs, products, campaigns, AI tools, or repeated distribution, please complete the content licensing inquiry form.
NKF Journal Permissions
Requests to use content published in NKF journals are handled through the appropriate journal permission process.
This includes content from:
Linking to NKF Content
Organizations may link to publicly available NKF webpages. Links may not suggest NKF endorsement, partnership, sponsorship, or approval unless NKF has provided written permission. Organizations may not use NKF content, logos, images, videos, tools, or other materials without written permission. NKF may require links to be removed at any time.
For more information about NKF’s Linking Policy visit the Legal and Copyright Information page.
NKF Legal and Copyright Information
The information, text, logos, images, pictures, video or audio (collectively, the Content) included in and constituting the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Website are protected by applicable U.S. and international copyright and trademark laws and may not be used in any form in whole or in part without prior written permission of the Foundation. Single copies of the Content of the NKF Website may be printed for personal or educational purposes without permission and must include the original copyright notice.
For information about NKF copyright, ownership, trademarks, website terms, and general legal use of content on kidney.org, please visit NKF’s Legal and Copyright Information page. That page outlines the legal terms that apply to NKF website content and provides broader copyright information beyond specific licensing, linking, or permission requests.