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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.
Home Dialysis Patients Need Support…But First, They Need Enough Training
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It is important to remember that we each have different “stuff” going on in the background of their lives.
Published on 06/04/2026 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
Loss of Alcavis® and ExSept Plus® Create Patient Confusion
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It's important to know that these products were not recalled from the market because they were harming patients. They were discontinued due to a business decision.
Published on 04/30/2026 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute and Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Helping Dialysis Patients Work: Home Dialysis Is Work-Friendly
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This blog focuses on helping patients keep the job they have when they start dialysis.
Published on 04/16/2026 by Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW
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,
When the Lights Go Out: Infrastructure Failure and Dialysis Patients
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Whenever something like this happens in the world, my first thought is always the same: What is happening to the dialysis patients?
Published on 04/02/2026 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
How Are You Scoring and Using the KDQOL-36™ to Plan Care?
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Social workers who work for clinics that subscribe to KDQOL-Complete or whose clinics previously subscribed until they were acquired by another company have offered high praise for the service and technical support.
Published on 03/19/2026 by Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW and Karen Honer
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,