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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Renal Community Loses a Patient Champion
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While I only had the chance to meet him a few times in person, Peter was a good, kind person and a genuine champion for patients—and the renal community has lost a true innovator.
Published on 07/21/2016 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Practical Tips for Home Dialysis Training Nurses
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How we educate patients about the techniques of dialysis can make the difference between having a patient who is independent and one who is needy.
Published on 07/14/2016 by Gale Schulke, RN, CDN
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Unwitting Victims or Informed Medical Consumers? How are Dialysis Patients Viewed by Their Nurses and Staff?
(7 comments)
Dialysis technology and therapy should accommodate the patient's lifestyle, not the other way around. Waiting for death is never a solution.
Published on 06/16/2016 by David Rosenbloom
Tags: Making dialysis better,
Kidney Caucus Letter Repayment Basis
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Can we shake up the way dialysis is done in the U.S. by changing the way it is paid for?
Published on 05/26/2016 by Mel Hodge
Tags: Making dialysis better,
How to Help People with Kidney Disease Keep Their Jobs
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Recently, it has been suggested that the degree to which dialysis clinics help their clients keep their jobs should be a metric used to judge the quality of the care they deliver.
Published on 05/05/2016 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better,