News Articles
Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Dialyzors Must Have Choices in Vascular Access Care
Home Dialyzors United Executive Director, Nieltje Gedney, had an opinion piece published in The Hill newsletter, advocating for CMS t... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022 -
Senator Warner Introduced the Bipartisan Kidney Health Connect Act
If passed, the bill would let dialysis clinics be originating sites for telehealth services and keep patients from being charged extr... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022 -
Innovate Kidney Care (IKC) Campaign Releases White Paper
The paper, <... [Read More]
Posted 03/16/2022
Home Dialysis in the News
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Racial Disparities in Kidney Failure Treatment Greatest in Ages 22-44
Analysis of USRDS data for 830,402 adults who started treatment for kidney failure between 2011 and 2018 revealed racial disparities ... [Read More]
Posted 07/13/2022 -
Key To Long-term Success On Home Dialysis
Developing a care plan is key to long term success of home dialysis, believes new CMO of Home Modalities at DaVita, Dr. Mihran Naljay... [Read More]
Posted 07/13/2022 -
Hong Kong Has 80% on Home Dialysis—Can the U.S. Do the Same?
The Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative set an 80% goal because this has been reached in Hong Kong. Yet, in U.S. racial and e... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022
Industry Updates
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Outset Halts Tablo Sales for Home Use Pending FDA Review of New Features
As Outset has added features improving Tablo since the FDA first cleared it for use, it has now had to submit another 510(k) applicat... [Read More]
Posted 07/13/2022 -
Baxter Showcases Kidney Care Products
Baxter is committed to leading access to insight-driven innovation and services so patients can live their best lives.... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022 -
DaVita and Medtronic to Launch New Kidney Tech Company
Medtronic and DaVita plan to create a new company in the next year to develop new dialysis delivery systems and other technologies to... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Home Dialysis Is Becoming More Popular in Hawaii
A growing minority of dialysis patients in Hawaii are training for home dialysis. Nephrologist Shiuh-Feng Sherwing Cheng says he used... [Read More]
Posted 07/13/2022 -
From PD to Home HD—with Tablo
When 75 hours of PD each week stopped working for him, Dick Henry switched to 16 hours per week on the Tablo, which has allowed him t... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022 -
Benefits of Exercise on PD
A meta-analysis of 17 studies with 287 people on PD found some mild adverse events—addressable by exercise modification—and likel... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2022
Pipeline Technology
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Medical Device Transforms Fluid Removal in Kidney Care
HB Biotech launches a new medical product that will change how fluid is removed from the body, bypassing the kidneys. Fluid Lock Sys... [Read More]
Posted 07/13/2022 -
Phraxis, Inc Seeking FDA 510(k) Clearance for InterGraft
What if a graft did not have to be sewn to native blood vessels, but could just open up veins for dialysis through a pinprick? That's... [Read More]
Posted 05/12/2022 -
Axess Shows Promise for Living HD Grafts
A synthetic, biocompatible blood vessel becomes colonized by a patient's own tissue. Now tested in 11 patients for more than 600 trea... [Read More]
Posted 05/12/2022