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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.
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Why I as a patient prefer HIF-PHIs to injectable ESAs
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Most dialysis patients have anemia, which is characterized by low hemoglobin. Anemia can cause a lot of problems like fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, and so on.
Published on 03/13/2025 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
It’s National Kidney Month: Do You Know Where Your Patient Reading Levels Are?
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Chronic diseases require self-management—which must be informed by education patients can understand.
Published on 03/06/2025 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
How can we tell if we are delivering good dialysis?
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When it comes to assessing what is 'good dialysis', what should we take cognizance of?
Published on 02/27/2025 by Dr. John Agar
CMS 2728 Form Misses Four Key Data points
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CMS gathers reams of kidney patient data on two forms. But, several key data points that could inform our educational efforts are missing.
Published on 02/20/2025 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
View from the Chair: Solo Home HD—Overcoming the Fear Factor
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Part of the challenge for patients that I often see in online forums is what I call the Paradox of Safety.
Published on 02/13/2025 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Going Down the Xenotransplant Rabbit Hole (Part 2)
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53-year-old woman from Alabama who received a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig in New York on November 25th 2024 is doing well—and so is the transplant
Published on 02/06/2025 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
My Home Hemodialysis in Numbers - 2024
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For the past few years, I have had this ritual that I perform at the end of every year. I put out my home hemodialysis numbers on this blog.
Published on 01/30/2025 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
A Poem to Commemorate Our Home Hemodialysis Learning curves
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When we were offered home dialysis, we jumped at it – to spare us the drive and gas, and give us more flexibility in our daily schedules!
Published on 01/23/2025 by Pat Milone
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Home Dialysis Updates from the 2024 USRDS Annual Data Report
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Each year, the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease (NIDDK) funds publication of an annual data report (ADR) on kidney disease.
Published on 01/16/2025 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Down the Rabbit Hole of Xenotransplantation (Part One)
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In recent years, exciting work has been making mainstream media headlines regarding animal-to-human (xeno) transplants. If you’d like to see some of the stories, I suggest reading:
Published on 01/09/2025 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,