HOUSTON—Satellite Healthcare announced Nov. 5 that it has opened WellBound of Houston, which is its 16th self-care dialysis center.
The goal of the center is to provide chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients with education about kidney disease and early-stage wellness education plus self-care dialysis therapies.
This is the company's first home dialysis center in Texas. This "Center of Excellence" interacts closely with nephrologists at the Baylor College of Medicine and nephrologists from surrounding communities, according to the company.
"Today's center opening in Houston provides WellBound the opportunity to bring its unique CKD education and treatment approach directly to the patients in another key market," said Marc Branson, executive vice president of Dialysis Services at Satellite Healthcare. "This milestone provides strong evidence of our commitment to expansion while also demonstrating the broad-ranging demand from both patients and nephrologists for our innovative brand of self-care dialysis."
WellBound of Houston will provide patients in surrounding communities with access to the complete spectrum of self-care therapies including all forms of daily home dialysis (short daily and long nocturnal), continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD), and continuous cycler peritoneal dialysis (CCPD), according to Satellite WellBound.
Additionally, the company will offer patients individualized self-care training programs, while also providing them with innovative CKD wellness classes on topics including controlling blood pressure, stress management, exercise, nutrition, decreasing risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes care.
"My nephrology and medical colleagues at Baylor College of Medicine are committed to providing our patients with the most innovative and effective care of patients with chronic kidney disease. We believe our affiliation with WellBound opens a new door allowing us to provide innovative care to patients with kidney disease," said William E. Mitch, MD, director, Division of Nephrology at the Baylor College of Medicine, and medical director of the new WellBound of Houston program. "We're proud to have played a key role in bringing the state of Texas its first WellBound center. We are even more eager to provide this benefit for patients with chronic kidney disease."
