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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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Staff-Assisted Home Hemodialysis: An Option for Some Patients
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Occasionally patients or their loved ones post in the Home Dialysis Central Facebook group or Home Dialysis Central Forums asking where to find staff to help with home dialysis
Published on 12/04/2025 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
The Value of gratitude
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That kind of gratitude will silence your complaints.
Published on 11/27/2025 by Daryl O. Crenshaw, MD, MBA, FACP, FASN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
70 Years Since the First Kidney Transplant, Pig-to-human Option Gains Attention
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“We stand at the beginning of a future where organ shortages may no longer dictate patient outcomes.”
Published on 11/20/2025 by Mark E. Neumann
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
A Voice-Guided Path to Safer dialysis
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If pilots and surgeons trust checklists to save lives, why shouldn't dialysis patients have one that does that for them?"
Published on 11/13/2025 by Dean Feener
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
When “Home” Isn’t Simple
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Just like “home” looks different for different people, the implementation of any home-based medical care (dialysis included) changes entirely depending on the circumstances.
Published on 11/06/2025 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,