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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Outset Medical Video for Investors
Outset, Inc. announced that members of management will participate in a fireside chat at the BofA Securities 2021 Virtual Health C... [Read More]
Posted 05/14/2021 -
Starting Dialysis Gradually
Dr. Kam Kalantar says transitions to dialysis, including home dialysis, should happen gradually, with an incremental approach—up to... [Read More]
Posted 05/14/2021 -
Home Dialyzors United (HDU) Premiers “The Faces of Home Dialysis” Video on World Kidney Day
HDU interviewed 6 dialyzors who had been on home dialysis for more than 10 years to learn what was important to them.... [Read More]
Posted 04/16/2021
Home Dialysis in the News
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Fresenius Home Dialysis Nurse Received NKF’s Top Nursing Award
Home dialysis nurse Maria “Rosley” DeClaro, RN, BSN, CNN received the Council of Nephrology Nurses and Technicians award, named f... [Read More]
Posted 05/14/2021 -
England Launches Study to Increase Home Dialysis
The £1.1M UK Inter-CEPt study will focus on determining why home therapies are not being optimally used across clinics or by minorit... [Read More]
Posted 04/16/2021 -
CMS Payment Model Boosts Home Therapies
Innovative efforts by some Fresenius clinics—aiming for 15% of patients home by 2022—have dramatically increased the use of home ... [Read More]
Posted 04/16/2021
Industry Updates
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Aetna And Fresenius Medical Care North America Partner to Treat ESRD Patients
Aetna and FMC-NA are extending their value-based arrangement to better treat patients with ESRD—who are now eligible to enroll in M... [Read More]
Posted 05/14/2021 -
Fresenius Expands NxStage and Nx2me Agreement with DaVita
With its remote capabilities and connectivity, the NxStage home HD machine and health platform is something that DaVita plans to grow... [Read More]
Posted 04/16/2021 -
Fresenius Partners with Descartes to Improve Home Dialysis Supply Delivery
More efficient route planning, delivery appointment booking, mobile proof-of-delivery, and notifications will make life easier for th... [Read More]
Posted 03/09/2021
Living Well with Home Treatments
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South Dakota Senior Living Center Now Offers Home Dialysis On-site
Instead of spending 6 hours or more travelling to a dialysis clinic, residents at Good Sam Sioux Falls Village for independent living... [Read More]
Posted 05/14/2021 -
Austin TX Woman Safely Weathered Storm Doing Dialysis At Home
Rhea Taylor credits her NxStage home dialysis for getting her through the destructive February winter storm with no problems. Using b... [Read More]
Posted 05/14/2021 -
“If You Can Do It, I Advise You To,” Says Lamont Wilson About Home HD
A Paducah, Kentucky resident, Wilson now dialyzes in his living room five days a week. He feels better and enjoys the convenience of... [Read More]
Posted 04/16/2021
Pipeline Technology
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Drexel University and Partners Produce a Portable Wearable Dialysis System
Start-up Nephria Bio plans to use Drexel’s titanium carbide MXene biocompatible filter to develop a wearable dialysis system that n... [Read More]
Posted 05/14/2021 -
OpticLine Receives KidneyX Award for a Device to Detect Peritonitis
Is the PD fluid cloudy or not? A device that can measure white blood cells to help detect peritonitis early could ease minds and sav... [Read More]
Posted 05/14/2021 -
New, 2-lb. WAK 3.0 Receives Patent
Inventor Victor Gura, MD, claims the new device will free patients from spending lengthy hours in a bed or an armchair, tied up to a ... [Read More]
Posted 03/09/2021