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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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CMS to Broaden Eligibility for Home Dialysis Innovation Payments
Just for home dialysis machines, CMS proposes to increase eligibility for the transitional add-on payment adjustment for new and inno... [Read More]
Posted 08/11/2020 -
Former Home Dialysis Patient Advocates for BETTER Kidney Care Act
Setting up a national system to coordinate kidney care and make it easier for nephrologists to communicate will ease patients’ live... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2020 -
Home Dialysis Is Growing, Says Dr. Thomas Golper
At the Southwest Nephrology Conference in March, Dr. Golper said that the chances that patients will succeed on a home therapy will i... [Read More]
Posted 05/12/2020
Home Dialysis in the News
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COVID-19 Changes May Help Accelerate a Move to Home Dialysis
Telemedicine has soared in popularity during the pandemic, finds a Deloitte Consulting consumer survey, with virtual doctor visits ne... [Read More]
Posted 09/11/2020 -
US Needs Radical Change to Reach Home Dialysis Goal
Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, ANP, CNN-NP told attendees of the online ANNA meeting that at our current growth rate, it will take more than... [Read More]
Posted 09/11/2020 -
First Tablo Patient Goes Home
Tracey Amadi is making history—she is the first person use the Outset Medical Tablo automated, touchscreen hemodialysis machine at ... [Read More]
Posted 08/11/2020
Industry Updates
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Outset Files for Initial Public Offer
Outset Medical makes portable dialysis systems for use in hospitals and for home dialysis, has filed preliminary Securities and Excha... [Read More]
Posted 09/11/2020 -
FDA Approves Baxter Theranova
Baxter’s new Theranova dialyzer is designed to filter out a wider range of solutes from the blood to more closely mimic healthy kid... [Read More]
Posted 09/11/2020 -
Baxter & Ayogo A Go
Baxter is doubling down on digital tools to connect PD patients with their care teams. CKD& Me is a new app created with digital hea... [Read More]
Posted 08/11/2020
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Access-Friendly HD Clothing
Created by a dialysis patient, these garments provide warmth and easy access during treatment without sacrificing comfort.... [Read More]
Posted 09/11/2020 -
Observations Suggest that PD May Reduce COVID-19 Risk
A webinar done with Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns (DOPPS) investigators noted that PD patients around the world seemed to h... [Read More]
Posted 07/09/2020 -
COVID-19 Fears Improved Rima’s Life—With a Switch to PD
Overcrowded hospitals—during a global pandemic—were frightening for Rima, who lives in India. But, an introduction to peritoneal... [Read More]
Posted 06/10/2020
Pipeline Technology
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Byonyks of Pakistan Developing a “Bloodless” Home Dialysis System
Pakistan’s first biomedical device startup is focusing its efforts on dialysis—though it is unclear from this article or their we... [Read More]
Posted 09/11/2020 -
Pig Trial of the Mag-Cath—Magnetic PD Catheter
What if a PD catheter could be adjusted without a wire or surgery? A new PD catheter design may one day make this possible. A test ... [Read More]
Posted 09/11/2020 -
iHemo Implantable Artificial Kidney Moves One Step Closer
A $500,000 KidneyX prize will help Shuvo Roy and the UCSF team validate animal models to test the needle-free iHemo—and move toward... [Read More]
Posted 08/11/2020