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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Bloomberg Opinion: Home Treatments can Reduce Dialysis Spending
The availability of cheaper, alternative forms of treatment for kidney disease, such as at-home dialysis machines, remains limited, i... [Read More]
Posted 09/13/2022 -
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
Home Dialysis in the News
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U.S. HHD Growth Lags Behind UK, Australia, and Canada
With all of our enthusiasm for home therapies, as well as all the bleakness of COVID-19, the United States has only risen from 12% ho... [Read More]
Posted 10/17/2022 -
Dialyze Direct’s Patient-Centric Approach to SNF Dialysis
Elderly and frail patients in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) have better cardiovascular outcomes when they dialyze more frequently... [Read More]
Posted 10/17/2022 -
For Home Dialysis, the Readiness is All, Suggests Dr. Chris Chan
“Is the patient actually ready when we’re talking to him or her about home dialysis?” Both patients and physicians need to be p... [Read More]
Posted 10/17/2022
Industry Updates
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Baxter Highlights Home Dialysis at Kidney Week 2022
Baxter presented four recent studies about the role innovation plays in increasing access to and quality of home dialysis and expande... [Read More]
Posted 11/16/2022 -
InnAVasc Acquired by W.L. Gore And Associates
InnAVasc is a graft device designed for safe, easy, cannulation, and protects the graft from accidental punctures and damage from fre... [Read More]
Posted 10/17/2022 -
Baxter May Sell Two Kidney Care Businesses
Baxter is working with advisers to explore the potential sale of its renal care services and hemodialysis divisions. (Editor’s note... [Read More]
Posted 10/17/2022
Living Well with Home Treatments
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AKF Ambassador Thrives on Home Dialysis
Krystal Bell spent 7 years driving 40-miles round trip the dialysis clinic three times a week before she found out that home treatmen... [Read More]
Posted 11/16/2022 -
There is More to Life than Dialysis
As we learn more about patient-centered care and strive towards patients achieving goals and having better quality of life, we need a... [Read More]
Posted 11/16/2022 -
Tablo Demonstrates High Treatment Completion Among Users
A perennial concern of nephrologists who are not familiar with home HD is that patients at home won’t do their treatments. Results ... [Read More]
Posted 11/16/2022
Pipeline Technology
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Wearable Tech to Complement MD Care
Wearable devices—such as sensors in rings, skin patches, watches, glasses, and clothing—may one day help to detect early signs of... [Read More]
Posted 11/16/2022 -
IDEAS Insight: Nephrologist and Nurse Perspectives on Wearable Dialysis
Belts and backpacks under 10 lbs were the preferred designs for wearable dialysis by 30 nephrologists and 32 nephrology nurses. Third... [Read More]
Posted 10/17/2022 -
Challenges Of Wearable Kidney Devices
Smart watches can detect abnormal heart rhythms…today. Activity trackers can reveal COVID risk. According to Dr. Jeroen Kooman, onc... [Read More]
Posted 10/17/2022