New PATH-D Tools are Ready for Free Download

Need a way to help prospective home dialyzors and care partners sort out who will do which of the tasks of PD or home HD? We have just the thing! The Partner Agreement on Tasks for Home Dialysis (PATH-D) tools can now be downloaded from our NEW Care Partner page. Check them out!

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• The REAL-WORLD Survival Impact of Home Dialysis – 06/04 – Dr. John Agar
• Nephrology Needs More Compassion—and Less Compliance – 05/29 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• California (and the rest of the US): You DON’T Have To Waste Dialysis Water! – 05/22 – Dr. John Agar
• Medicare Can Start Sooner with Home Training – 05/14 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW

Pipeline Technology

• $91M in development capital for a home HD machine
• Wake Forest recycles “waste” kidneys into tailor-made replacements

Home Dialysis in the News

• NHS opens in-center self-care unit in UK
• Speak Your Truth artist on home dialysis does exhibit to raise awareness

Living Well with Home Treatments

• Life on the Bridge…a Journey with Dialysis
• Find out how Robby got back in the game

Industry Updates

• Remote-enhanced PD Technology Would Boost Confidence
• How to Save 221 Million Gallons of Water a Year

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

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

• PKD liver and kidney size may limit PD
• New self-cannulation aid: Tattoo dots
• Progress toward reengineering catheters to reduce infection
• Metaanalysis of best practices in pregnancy on dialysis
• Status Report: Home HD in Japan

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MEI is a proud member of the Home Dialysis Alliance, which advocates for treatment choice and addresses the challenges of helping more people dialyze at home. Learn more!