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.
We have a "lifestyle bible" for sale that can help you learn about dialysis options. Help, I Need Dialysis! We also have prepared some slideshows on how to have a good future with kidney disease.
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Teaching Treatment Options? Watch for Teachable Moments!
Okay, I am risking a cutback in my speaking invitations by sharing this topic with you, but, really, this info needs to be shared! In my reasonably humble opinion, we are largely doing treatment options education WRONG in the US.
Published on 10/31/2013 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
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The Doctor, Dialysis, and the Internet
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The moment after you tell your patient that he or she has CKD3-5 and dialysis is approaching, his or her brain will click to instant neutral and little else of what you say will be heard, even if you are a skilled communicator.
Published on 10/24/2013 by Dr. John Agar
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Billing for Traveling Home Dialysis Patients
Ease of travel can be a major benefit for patients who choose PD or do home HD with a portable machine. But, how do you handle billing for a home patient who wants to hit the road-for months at a time?
Published on 10/17/2013 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
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Thank You, Terry Oberley!
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Expecting the best is also a useful strategy in the world of nephrology - and Terry Oberley taught me that.
Published on 10/09/2013 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: lifestyle
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We Need National GOALS for Home Dialysis!
You know what we don't have in the US? Goals for the numbers of folks on dialysis who do home treatments.
Published on 10/03/2013 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute