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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Congressional Hearing on Enhancing Access to Care at Home in Rural Communities
On March 12, 2024, Jason Smith (R-MO), Chair of the Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, gave an opening st... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024 -
Home Dialysis Alliance Advocates for Home Dialysis
The Alliance recently wrote a letter to Congress that includes several priorities: AKI to home dialysis, screening for CKD and ESRD i... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024 -
ASN Home Dialysis Project Offers Scholarships to Trainees
The American Society of Nephrology’s Home Dialysis Project has scholarships for trainees to learn more about home dialysis.... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024
Home Dialysis in the News
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Can kidney dialysis be done at home? We can make treatment more accessible, so why aren't we?
The article follows Amber Pettis, who, like many, didn’t know she had a choice to do home dialysis. She did PD, had a transplant, ... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024 -
Home Hemodialysis: The Basics webinar 2/14/2024 at 3pm Eastern
The Fresenius Advanced Renal Education Program (AREP) will introduce you to types of home HD prescriptions, technical requirements, p... [Read More]
Posted 02/07/2024 -
Native American tribal Clinic will Offer Home Therapies
The New Town, ND clinic will offer home dialysis for patients who don’t want to come to the clinic.... [Read More]
Posted 02/07/2024
Industry Updates
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Telemedicine Can Help Grow Home Dialysis, Reduce Dropout, and Improve Outcomes
Read about the benefits and challenges here.... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024 -
Baxter Runs a Webinar Series Every Tuesday for Kidney Month
The next webinar on March 19 is on Peritoneal Dialysis: Remote Patient Monitoring, Retention and Improved Patient Outcomes with Vikr... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024 -
Nephrologists: Sign Up for Home Dialysis University in February or March
HDU offers two trainings for Fellows and welcomes physicians, PAs, and NPs February 18-20, 2024 in Charlotte, NC and March 17-19, 202... [Read More]
Posted 02/07/2024
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Roshanda Switched from In-center HD to PD to Home HD
Watch the 1 minute video of why and how she did this... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024 -
Regan has Down Syndrome, Type I Diabetes, and Kidney Failure
When Regan’s kidneys failed at age 13, he started HD, but had problems with access and switched to PD. Now 15, he’s waiting for a... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024 -
Raymond Scott Began His Kidney Failure Journey at 29. Now He is 54
Raymond started PD, had a transplant, and has been on home HD since 2012. He and his wife Analyn educate people in AZ about kidney d... [Read More]
Posted 03/15/2024
Pipeline Technology
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New Measure of Home Dialysis Dropout
An abstract at the American Society of Nephrology meeting described a Standardized Discontinuation Ratio. The new tool helps dialysis... [Read More]
Posted 01/16/2024 -
Check out the NextKidney Neokidney HD Machine
Made in Singapore, Neokidney is compact, weighing 10 kg, fits in a rolling carryon bag, and uses sorbent technology to regenerate 5 L... [Read More]
Posted 11/15/2023 -
New Redsense Clamp Add-on Will Stop the Blood Pump!
A venous needle can dislodge with little fanfare or warning. RedSense met with the FDA in advance of submitting a 510(k) application ... [Read More]
Posted 10/13/2023