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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.
A Further Guide to Self-cannulation with the Rope Ladder technique: Single-handed Needling
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Those who cannulate alone (and therefore with one hand!) gain valuable tips, empowering adaptations that suit personal temperament and aptitude. ...we revisit angle of entry, and also touch on taping, method of insertion, and gauge of needle.
Published on 10/19/2017 by Ant de Villiers
Tags: Making dialysis better , Education issues: for patients and professionals,
How Might the CHRONIC Care Act Affect People on Home Dialysis?
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Recently the U.S. Senate passed a bill called the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017 or (CHRONIC Care Act). If this bill is enacted and signed
Published on 10/12/2017 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’ ,
An Exemplar Dialysis Unit
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what follows is how I imagined things could be, as I thought through the dialysis service design we currently and repeatedly churn out—and the recurrent shortcomings of that design
Published on 10/05/2017 by Dr. John Agar
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Making dialysis better,
Act Now! Graham-Cassidy Bill Threatens Healthcare for People with Kidney Disease
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The “Better Care Reconciliation Act” was not successful, but we have a new bill that could have a serious impact on people with kidney disease. The Graham-Cassidy Health Care Plan is the new proposal that would replace the Affordable Care Act
Published on 09/25/2017 by Dr. Teri Browne
Tags: Education issues: for patients and professionals, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’ ,
A Coordinated Assault to Stop Frequent Hemodialysis—Action Needed!
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I write to you today deeply concerned about the health and welfare of dialysis patients under the care of United States nephrologists. I urge all of you to act quickly. Those of you who live in states that are covered by one of these MACs can begin
Published on 09/21/2017 by Dr. Alan Collins