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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What is Evidence-Based Kidney Patient Education?
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To help people self-manage effectively, we must meet them where they are emotionally, ask “What matters to you?” and use this knowledge to help them tap into their own motivation, and provide easy-to-read, accurate information.
Published on 11/03/2016 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
How to Know When Your Blood Pressure is About to Drop
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I learned that a lot of people are not aware of the early signs of pending BP drop and what to do if they occur.
Published on 10/27/2016 by Gale Schulke, RN, CDN
Medicare Open Enrollment (10/15-12/7): It’s Not as Scary as You Think.
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During open enrollment, people can join or switch Medicare drug plans or can switch from a Medicare Advantage (MA) plan to Original Medicare.
Published on 10/20/2016 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Home Dialyzors in the Hospital—the Least Dialysis at the MOST Vulnerable Time
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Three months after I started on home hemodialysis I was witness to a sad tragedy. At the time I didn't know it, but this is something that happens on a regular basis to us HHD folks—albeit due to its sinister nature, it only happens once to each of us.
Published on 09/29/2016 by Henning Sondergaard
An Obituary for Baxter’s Vivia Home HD Machine
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A month or two ago, I listened with more than a tinge of sadness as the new CEO at Baxter Healthcare in Illinois announced and sought to explain withdrawal of the Vivia.
Published on 09/08/2016 by Dr. John Agar