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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

NxStage signs deals with WellBound, Renal Advantage

LAWRENCE, Mass.—A week after reaching a multi-year agreement with DaVita, NxStage Medical said today that it has also signed multi-year deals with WellBound and Renal Advantage. ...More
February 15, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
American Renal buys St. Louis clinic

BEVERLY, Mass.—American Renal Associates said today it has made its first acquisition of 2007 by acquiring Metro St. Louis Dialysis-Florissant LLC, which is an outpatient facility in St. Louis, Mo. ...More
February 14, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
States looking at tougher technician standards

Georgia state Sen. Jeff Mullis gave a speech last week on the senate floor in which he described his father’s death in 2003 from a staph infection he acquired while on dialysis, the Associated Press reported February 8. Moments after the speech, the Georgia Senate ...More
February 14, 2007
Posted in Blog
Dialysis Corp. acquires Ohio clinic

LINTHICUM, Md.—Dialysis Corp. of America said today that is has acquired a dialysis clinic in Columbus, Ohio. ...More
February 14, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
DaVita buys 7 percent stake in NxStage

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—DaVita Inc. and NxStage Medical Inc. announced today that they have entered into a multi-year agreement to expand the home dialysis market in which DaVita has purchased $20 million in NxStage stock as well as $5 million in equipment. ...More
February 7, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
National Renal among best employers in Tenn.

FRANKLIN, Tenn.—Business Tennessee magazine recently named National Renal Alliance as one of the best employers in Tennessee. ...More
February 5, 2007
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
B. Braun lands Premier purchasing contract

BETHLEHEM, PA.—Premier Inc., a health care purchasing network, has awarded B. Braun a new contract to supply disposable renal products to all U.S. Premier members, according to a company news release. The contract went into effect Nov. 1, 2006, and is an addendum to an ...More
February 5, 2007
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma
National Renal continues expansion

NASHVILLE—national renal alliance added 14 new clinics to its ranks in 2006, three of which were recently added through acquisition and construction, according to the company. National Renal recently acquired the Valdosta dialysis clinic in Georgia, which is under the ...More
February 5, 2007
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Education is the Key to Success

Since launching Renal Business Today last year, one of the major emerging themes I’ve picked up on through speaking with the renal community is one of education—for both the patient and the renal staff. The doctors need to keep up on the latest trends in medicine, the ...More
February 5, 2007
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management
American Renal opens new Pennsylvania Clinic

BEVERLY, Mass.—American Renal Associates Inc. said it has opened the dialysis center of Bucks county, which is a new outpatient facility in Bristol, Penn. The new facility is now admitting patients after passing all regulatory requirements, according to the company. The ...More
February 5, 2007
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Practice Management