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.
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Patient Risks with Insurance Choices: Information for Social Workers
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Health insurance choices in the United States are very complex. I described insurance options for people with kidney failure in a recent blog entitled Insurance 101 for Dialysis Social Worker.
Published on 09/03/2020 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Reflections on Safe PD Catheter Exit Site Care from a 29-year PD Nurse
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First came Ford versus Chevy. In the 60’s, a more specific Mustang versus Camaro. Then, in the 80’s, BMW versus Mercedes. Now it’s internal combustion versus electric cars. We seemed to be faced with having to “take sides” in life with many decisions.
Published on 07/30/2020 by Alan Falcioni MSN, RN, CNN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD),
The Power of the Patient Voice
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Years ago, when I first developed symptoms of a chronic illness, I was a passive observer in my care.
Published on 07/16/2020 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
Short Gaps, Long Gaps, and Very Long Gaps: Intermittent Hemodialysis in the Real World
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The goal of this blog is to give visibility into interesting news in the worlds of medical research and health care policy, especially insofar as those worlds intersect with the diverse areas of expertise among investigators at CDRG.
Published on 07/09/2020 by Eric Weinhandl, PhD, MS
Tags: How dialysis works, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
Getting the Most Out of Telehealth for Home Dialysis Patient
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The current Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is forcing unprecedented changes in daily life. Many vulnerable patients such as dialyzors and transplants are under lockdow.
Published on 06/04/2020 by Dawn P Edwards and Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,