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Essay Contest for Kidney Patients

GLENDALE, Calif.—The Renal Support Network (RSN), a nonprofit, patient-focused, patient-run organization that provides nonmedical services to those affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), encourages people with kidney ...read more

Travel on Dialysis

“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only one page,” said Augustine of Hippo. For many, travel provides an expanded world view and a great deal of joy. For many hemodialysis patients, travel seems ...read more

2013 RPA Meeting

If you missed the three-day, 2013 Renal Physician Association conference held in New Orleans, Renal Business Today was there and has the highlights available at your fingertips in the latest digital issue. Renal ...read more

Venous Needle Dislodgement

Venous needle dislodgement (VND) occurs when a venous needle dislodges from a patient's vascular access during hemodialysis treatment. This report discusses VND severity and presents best practices and other solutions to ...read more

A Recipe Guide to Lowering Salt Intake

Whether you are a kidney disease patient or a non-kidney patient, it is important to keep your kidneys as healthy as possible by following a low-sodium diet. Did you know that for a healthy individual over the age of 50, a ...read more

Latest Headlines

RBT Roundtable: The Renal Diet

LATE LAST YEAR, the Medicare Payment Advisory Committee met to discuss how to improve efficiency and quality of care for end-stage renal disease, and one of the topics discussed was patient nutrition. In her presentation to the commissioners on Nov. 8, 2007, Nancy Ray, a ...More
June 30, 2008
Posted in Articles, Clinical & Pharma
Genzyme Looks to Carve Out Market Share for Renvela

When Cambridge, Mass.-based Genzyme launched Renagel back in 1998, John Butler, president of Genzyme’s Renal Division, said phosphate binders weren’t much of a category. Things have changed. “We’ve driven this product to the point where last year, ...More
June 30, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Dialysis patients don’t have to travel far to find a NxStage machine

LAWRENCE, Mass.—A majority of U.S. dialysis patients are within 60 miles of accessing a NxStage home hemodialysis machines, the company reported today. ...More
June 27, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
Medicare reform bill stalls in the Senate

Physicians are facing a cut in Medicare reimbursement and ESRD reform will have to wait a little longer as a Medicare bill, which passed overwhelmingly in the House this week, stalled in the Senate yesterday.Legislators are looking for a way to avoid the 10.6 percent cut to ...More
June 27, 2008
Posted in Blog
Allen Nissenson named DaVita’s chief medical officer

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—DaVita said July 25 that Allen Nissenson, MD, FACP, has been appointed to be the dialysis provider’s new chief medical officer. ...More
June 26, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma
Recycled dialysis water could be used to ease drought, save centers money

NEW YORK— Hemodialysis centers use a huge amount of water, but now, research shows that this water can safely be recycled for agricultural purposes, saving money for the dialysis center at the same time. ...More
June 26, 2008
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Radiofrequency ID Devices May Pose Hazards to Medical Equipment

The use of radiofrequency identification devices appears to have the potential to cause critical care medical equipment to malfunction, according to a new study. ...More
June 24, 2008
Posted in News
House passes veto-proof Medicare bill with ESRD reform

The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation today with significant ESRD reform that puts pressure on the Senate to compromise on a bill while also weakening the threat of a presidential veto.The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of ...More
June 24, 2008
Posted in Blog
DaVita's new program looks to educate CKD patients

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—DaVita Inc. recently introduced a series of free workshops that look to educate chronic kidney disease patients about their care before they need to go on dialysis. ...More
June 23, 2008
Posted in News, Business
Reliant Renal Care acquires Texas dialysis clinics

MEDIA, Pa.—Dialysis provider Reliant Renal Care Inc. has expanded into Texas by acquiring Fort Worth Dialysis Associates, which has two dialysis clinics in the Fort Worth, Texas area. ...More
June 23, 2008
Posted in News, Business