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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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View from the Chair: In-center vs. Home HD
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Interestingly, in this thread, the positive comments about home HD exceeded those about in-center by more than three to one
Published on 06/25/2026 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Why are so few people on Peritoneal Dialysis around the world? Claude Answers...
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PD has always been nephrology's step-child. We at NephroPlus intend to change that!
Published on 06/11/2026 by Kamal Shah
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
I completed 20 years on Daily Nocturnal Hemodialysis!
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I just completed 20 years on daily nocturnal hemodialysis at home. What a journey it has been! I am pretty certain I am alive today thanks only to this modality.
Published on 05/21/2026 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Loss of Alcavis® and ExSept Plus® Create Patient Confusion
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It's important to know that these products were not recalled from the market because they were harming patients. They were discontinued due to a business decision.
Published on 04/30/2026 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute and Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: What is the best dialysis option for me, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Helping Dialysis Patients Work: Home Dialysis Is Work-Friendly
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This blog focuses on helping patients keep the job they have when they start dialysis.
Published on 04/16/2026 by Beth Witten, MSW, 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,