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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A 30,000 Foot (Almost) 30-year View of US Dialysis
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In 1989 when I first started in nephrology, the USRDS was embryonic, Kt/V in its toddlerhood, and there were no clinical practice guidelines or QIPs.
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Published on 08/09/2018 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Patient Grievances & How to Proactively Avoid Them
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CMS expects the corporate leadership and clinic management to encourage patients and staff to feel safe from reprisal when voicing suggestions and/or concerns.
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Published on 07/05/2018 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
Kidney Failure is Bad News—But, Dialysis is GOOD News
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Of course, no one wants to tell a patient that the steps they’ve been taking to slow the progression of CKD are no longer working, and kidney function has dropped to the point where renal replacement therapy is needed.
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Published on 06/21/2018 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
An Innovative IT Design to Enhance Relatedness, Satisfaction, & Outcomes
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An Australian study that proposed an intriguing solution for home hemodialysis (HD) patients who have little direct contact with their healthcare team and feel isolated and anxious.
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Published on 04/26/2018 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Dialysis and Dementia: Four Very Different Conversations
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Certain ethical dilemmas arise repeatedly in the setting of kidney failure. Who should be first in line to receive a scarce and precious donated kidney, for example?
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Published on 04/19/2018 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,