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Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Innovate Kidney Care Launches Campaign To Improve Home Dialysis Options
Nine industry companies kicked off a new campaign to increase patient options for home dialysis. The group aims to advocate with CMS... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
H.R. 1676 Bill Ensures that Dialysis Patients Can Access Life-Saving Care
Congress is working on the Jack Reynolds Memorial Medigap Expansion Act which will open up Medigap coverage to dialysis patients unde... [Read More]
Posted 06/15/2021 -
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
Home Dialysis in the News
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Canadian Study Identifies Home Dialysis Challenges
Canadian researchers found that the burdens of therapy and psychosocial reasons were behind much of the dropout from home HD, and rec... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
NxStage President Says Fresenius Encourages Home Dialysis
Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative, interest in home therapies is on the rise in the... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
Outset and Satellite Join Forces
Outset Medical, Inc., a medical technology company and Satellite Healthcare, a kidney care company, announced a joint effort to expan... [Read More]
Posted 06/15/2021
Industry Updates
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Quanta Receives $245M Investment for SC+ Home HD System
UK-based Quanta’s compact, simple, and powerful SC+ home HD system has attracted new funding, which will speed up penetration into ... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
Outset Tablo Will be Used by Strive Health in New, KY Dialysis Clinic
New player (as of 2018) Strive Health wants to slow CKD—and help more patients get to home dialysis. The company will offer patien... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
Outset Medical and Satellite Announce Agreement to Increase HHD
The Outset Tablo dialysis system for HHD will be used in Satellite dialysis clinics, as the companies collaborate on education and tr... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021
Living Well with Home Treatments
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One In Eight Dialysis Patients Treat At Home
UC Health in Colorado trains people for both PD and home HD. After training and commitment, patients Juan Camacho and Sonja Carter s... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
NxStage Comes to Bismark, ND, and Will Change Marcelo Lara’s Life
For 7 years, Lara has been dialyzing in-center, and “Honestly, you have no life,” he said. He is excited about starting training... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
Davita Launches Virtual Support Group for its Home Dialyzors
The DaVita Care Connect mobile health platform is now being used to help home patients connect to each other for information, support... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021
Pipeline Technology
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Qidni Portable Dialysis Nearing Human Trials
Qidni’s mobile hemodialysis machine called Qidni/D is a step toward a “waterless and mobile” system. The HD machine, which use... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
NextKidney to Present Prototype of Portable Dialysis Machine
The Dutch Kidney Foundation is working with researchers on a prototype of a compact dialysis machine. The short-term aim is for Next... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021 -
CVS DEKA Dialysis Machine In Nocturnal Trial
CV Kidney Care is starting a nocturnal home HD clinical trial of DEKA’s HemoCare HD System. Participants from Satellite Healthcare... [Read More]
Posted 07/12/2021