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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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Less Hemodialysis is NOT More
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When it comes to replacing continuous function of a vital organ with an intermittent therapy, less is less and more is more.
Published on 09/19/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
What Medicare Covers for Home Dialysis
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Medicare is a complex program, and it is easy to become confused about or misunderstand it. I can’t count the number of times patients and staff have shared incorrect information about Medicare coverage for home dialysis.
Published on 09/12/2024 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
View from the Chair: Learning to Self-cannulate – Tips from Fellow Dialyzors
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We hope some of these tips will help you or your patients succeed at self-cannulation!
Published on 07/18/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Why Does the U.S. Still Use Steel Needles for Hemodialysis?
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You see, Japan had a secret they still have not published about to this day:
Published on 05/02/2024 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dialysis patients: How a finger can save your life when your fistula bleeds
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During a time of emergency like this, people often flounder and do things they are not supposed to do and in fact, make things worse.
Published on 11/09/2023 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,