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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Partnering with Patients to Manage their Health
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It’s time to use the honey vs. vinegar approach to working with patients. It may help us form more effective relationships and achieve better outcome goals.
Published on 12/18/2014 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
From Nephrology to “Healthcare”: Reflections on Attending the IHI Meeting
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Chronic disease is an enormous healthcare problem—but, as far as I can tell, it is largely ignored by IHI, despite the “health of populations” part of the triple aim.
Published on 12/11/2014 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
In-Center
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"Now that I’m settled into the routine of home hemo treatments, I can take a moment to reflect on what it was like to do dialysis in-center."
Published on 12/04/2014 by Nieltje Gedney
Dear Senators,
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While the treatment for end-stage kidney disease (CKD5) is kidney transplantation or dialysis, by the time patients reach CKD5 , the degree of cardiovascular damage is so great that less than ¼ remain medically suitable for transplantation.
Published on 11/20/2014 by Dr. John Agar
Slow FDA Response is Hurting Nocturnal Home HD
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The NxStage System One, Fresenius 2008K@home, and other machines have received FDA-approval for home use—but no machine has yet been approved specifically for nocturnal home HD.
Published on 11/13/2014 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute