KidneyViews
Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
Tune Into Me please
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When I meet a new healthcare provider, I put them in one of two categories.
Published on 01/19/2023 by Lori Hartwell
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
“I Never Acquired the Art of Losing” - My Ongoing Struggle with Kidney Failure
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“hope springs eternal.” We can do this, I am certain we can.
Published on 01/12/2023 by Jay R. Schuster PhD
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Understanding & Explaining Dialysis Charges & Payment
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Have you ever had a patient ask you ”How does Medicare (or insurance) cover and pay for dialysis?” Here’s how you can answer that question.
Published on 09/29/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
View from the Chair: Dialyzors' Experiences of Options Education
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Has your nephrologist or anyone at your clinic adequately educated you on all your options, home dialysis, nocturnal, in center or transplant?
Published on 06/23/2022 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dispelling PD Myths: Abdominal Surgery and Obesity
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Dr. Rob Quinn from Canada talked about the myth that patients with prior abdominal surgery or who are obese should not be offered PD.
Published on 06/02/2022 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,