Going to ANNA in April or NKF in May? Visit Our Booths and See What’s New!

We would love to see you in New Orleans or meet up for begniets. At the ANNA meeting April 25-28, our booth is #709. At NKF Spring Clinicals, May 6-10, look for us in booth #310. Safe travels!

Kidney Views Blog Topics: Join us for our weekly home dialysis blog. Click here to subscribe to new post alerts. Tell us what YOU think—we welcome comments and guest blog posts!

• The Tandem of Care: Lessons in Partnership
  04/09 – Maria Camila Bermúdez, MD
• When the Lights Go Out: Infrastructure Failure and Dialysis Patients
  04/02 – Jennifer Ravert, RN
• My 80-year Old Solo Home HD Dad Got a Transplant!
  03/26 – Dean Feener
• How Are You Scoring and Using the KDQOL-36™ to Plan Care?
  03/19 – Beth Witten, MSW, LSCSW

Pipeline Technology

• HollyTM Implantable Continuous Dialysis System Could be Ready for Human Trials Soon

Home Dialysis in the News

• PD Resurgence in 2026?
• Vantive: Nephrologist-PCP Collaboration Boosts PD Access and Outcomes

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Marcello Pena had a Transplant, PD, and Now Home HD
• Home Dialysis in Rural America: A Story of Indigenous Health & Access
• Amber Gardner is highlighted in My Journey with Home Hemodialysis
• Maddy Warren is Training for the London Marathon in her 28th Year of Home HD!
• Angelo Melaragni Does Home HD with His Wife and Dog by His Side

Industry Updates

• DaVita Has a New PD Loss-predictive AI Model to Identify Patients at Risk
• Vantive’s PD Catheter: Timing, Tips, and Techniques Webinar
• World Conference in Nephrology Videos on Home Dialysis

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• Alliance for Home Dialysis Statement for U.S. House Ways & Means Health Subcommittee

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Alternative Quality Metrics for Kt/V-free PD
• PD for Frail Seniors
• Chronic Inflammation and PD Outcomes
• Diabetes, Incremental PD, and Residual Kidney Function
• Dry, Itchy Skin and Peritonitis on PD
• Care Partner Roles In-center and at Home
• Lived Experience of Home Dialysis

Featured Link: Needle Fear is Stressful—and a Barrier to Home HD

Did you know that April is National Stress Reduction Month? Helping Patients Overcome Needle Fear is one course in a 3-part SPARK CE series with practical tips and mentoring to help nurses and PCTs empower patients to take charge of their HD needles. Check it out! https://mei.org/product/helping-patients-overcome-needle-fear/