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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Advocacy for Better Home Dialysis: View from a 27-year Dialyzor
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Those who think the current generation of machines are bad have no idea how far they have come in three decades.
Published on 02/27/2020 by Michael Johnson
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Seven Keys to Better Dialysis
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In the last couple of years, the academic dialysis literature has finally zeroed in and largely settled on five—of seven—important paths
Published on 02/20/2020 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues for patients and professionals,
Medicaid Waivers: The Best Kept Secret in Dialysis Home Health Care
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A few years ago, I found myself caring for my 90 year old mother with dementia.
Published on 02/13/2020 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Next Steps at NxStage
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The next few years are going to be amazing, yet challenging, for home dialyzors.
Published on 01/23/2020 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
Stop Medical Gaslighting to Empower Your Patients
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It’s OK to know your limits—but it’s not OK to gaslight your patients.
Published on 01/16/2020 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better,