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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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Setting the dialysate Sodium value in Hemodialysis
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So, it is crucial to ensure that the dialysate sodium is set appropriately during our dialysis sessions. The challenge lies in figuring out how to achieve this.
Published on 12/19/2024 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
ESRD Payment Rule Under Original Medicare for CY 2025
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CMS published the ESRD Prospective Payment System (PPS) Final Rule on November 1, 2024. The provisions in this document take effect January 1, 2025, so here’s a summary of the main ones.
Published on 12/05/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Ultrafiltration Rates in Hemodialysis and a Reply to John Agar
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Many of us who work in nephrology know that removing water too quickly during hemodialysis does serious, systemic damage—and there is a strong link between high UF rates and death.
Published on 11/21/2024 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
ASN Kidney Week 2025 Through a Home Dialysis Lens
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If you missed ASN in San Diego this year, or had other sessions and exhibitors to visit and couldn’t focus your attention on home therapies, this blog’s for you.
Published on 11/14/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Daily Nocturnal Home HDF - 2 Year Update
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Two years hence, it seems I did the right thing. It was, by no means, an easy journey.
Published on 11/07/2024 by Kamal Shah
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,