My Life, My Dialysis Choice Decision Aid 2.0 is Here!

In March, MEI launched the first-ever lifestyle-based dialysis decision aid for consumers. We’ve updated our FREE tool, made it easier to use, and gave it a new look to match the Help, I Need Dialysis! book it was based on. Try it now!

KidneyViews Blog Topics:

• U.S. Dialysis Measures – Have We Set Up the Ladder Against the Wrong Wall? – 05/30 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• Haemodialysis: Going Green – 05/22 – Dr. John Agar
• The KDQOL-36: A Team Tool for Plan of Care & Facility-Level Quality Improvement (QAPI) – 05/14 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• Are Partners Really Necessary for ALL U.S. Home Hemodialysis Consumers? – 05/09 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute

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Pipeline Technology

• New portable artificial kidney trials to start in 2017
• For a new PD cycler, less will be more
• A whole new 3D take on a dialyzer

Home Dialysis in the News

• What is “User-friendly” and gives patients more control?

Industry Updates

• Learn about HD & get CE/CME credits in Chicago, August 15-16
• NxStage is changing the way dialysis is offered

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Find out what keeps Greg running

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

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

• Following the PD treatment plan – a stepwise approach
• Inflammation in PD? Look to the gums!
• Web e-learning boosts home dialysis knowledge in Australia
• Can short daily HD treat hypertension on dialysis?
• Home HD survival in New Zealand
• Transplant still beats home HD in Canada

Learn about Home Dialysis (& more) at AAKP’s Annual Patient Meeting!

Join the AAKP on September 26-28 in Vegas, Baby! Stay at the Flamingo Hotel, meet people from all over the US, learn a lot, and have a blast. Register online.