News Articles
Advocacy for Better Dialysis
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Home Dialyzors United Teams Up with Dialysis Vascular Access Coaltion
“HDU is excited to team up with DVAC to ramp up advocacy efforts to increase the voice of dialysis patients who receive their c... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
Outset Tablo Approved for TPNIEs Add-on Payment
CMS approved Outset Medical's Tablo hemodialysis system as the first device to receive an add-on payment under a recently enacted end... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
Jack Reynolds Memorial Medigap Expansion Act
After an accident at age 4 caused his kidneys to fail at 22, Jack Reynolds required life-long dialysis, which propelled him to become... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2021
Home Dialysis in the News
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Satellite Pilots Assisted PD Program
After 358 visits to 32 people on PD, Satellite researchers have concluded that the staff-assisted PD program can help people transiti... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
Quanta Finds that UK Faces Challenges in Home HD
A Quanta survey finds that one-third of UK dialysis patients are still not offered the choice of home HD—despite National Institute... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
Dr. Brent Miller: 30 to 70% of Patients Can Dialyze at Home
With a goal of 80% of new U.S. ESKD patients doing PD or home HD or having a working transplant by 2025, things have to change—and ... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2021
Industry Updates
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FMC Named Among Newsweek Magazine’s “Most Loved Workplaces”
Fresenius ranked among the top 100 companies to work for—and one of the top 3 healthcare companies on the list—due to its work wo... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
The Future Of Kidney Care At Home
Mahesh Krishnan, MD, MPH, MBA, VP of Davita Research and Development envisions a technology-driven future for home dialysis that is v... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
Outset Medical Beat Q2 Wall Street Projections
Shares of Outset were up after an announcement that the company is selling machines and has beat the Wall Street predictions. The fu... [Read More]
Posted 09/14/2021
Living Well with Home Treatments
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Common Aquaporin Gene Variation Could Make PD Less Effective for Some
A research team has found that mutations in the AQP1 gene at rs2075574 affect how a patient’s body performs ultrafiltration, which ... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
NEJM Commentary: A COVID Silver Lining: Bringing Kidney Care Home
A commentary in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that the COVID pandemic may be our best opportunity to expedite a shift ... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
PD Gets Tori McCoy Back In The Game
Tori, who is 6’5” loves basketball, and is a gifted player who was the #2 recruit in the U.S., and was drafted for the WNBA. But... [Read More]
Posted 09/14/2021
Pipeline Technology
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PeritoneX Internally Disinfects PD Catheters
A start-up that originated at Johns Hopkins has spun off into a fully separate company, aiming to market an in-line connection device... [Read More]
Posted 11/12/2021 -
IMEC the Netherlands – MI-TRAM Smart Module to Shake Toxins Loose
Middle and large waste molecules can “hide” by adhering to albumin, which is too large to fit through dialyzer pores. A tiny MI-... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2021 -
US Kidney Research Corp. – Dialysate-free, Waterless Portable Implantable Kidney
A portable dialysis device currently fits into a backpack and can be used at night or set on a table and used during work hours. The... [Read More]
Posted 10/14/2021