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Hemodialysis

DOPPS to Hold Web Conference, Release Hemodialysis Update

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—On Thursday, May 2 , at 3 p.m. EDT, Arbor Research Collaborative for Health, will host a Web conference featuring an update to the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) Practice Monitor (DPM). Participants interested in listening in on the ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
B. Braun Reveals Customer Satisfaction Survey

BETHLEHEM, Pa.—B. Braun Medical announced the results of its Customer Satisfaction survey for its renal and dialysis customers. The survey was sent to nearly 500 U.S. customers and included questions about product performance, sales response and service. ...More
4 weeks ago
Posted in News, Business
Renal Ventures Management Opens New Dallas Clinic

DALLAS—Renal Ventures Management is celebrating the grand opening of their newest clinic, the Renal Center of North Dallas, LLC, with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 11. ...More
April 9, 2013
Posted in News, Business
Give up the Old, Embrace the New

On Monday, April 22, Thomas Parker III, MD, chief medical officer, senior vice president and quality committee chair for Renal Venture Management, will present "Changing the Way We Think, Prescribe and Deliver Hemodialysis," at the 44th Annual American Nephrology Nurses ...More
April 1, 2013
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
DSI Renal Acquires New Artificial Kidney Center

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla.—DSI Renal announced that it has acquired the New Smyrna Beach Artificial Kidney Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla. Previously owned by KRU Medical, the facility will continue to offer exceptional dialysis care and upscale amenities to patients in the ...More
February 20, 2013
Posted in News, Business
Fish Oil May Protect Dialysis Patients from Sudden Cardiac Death

INDIANAPOLIS—Medical literature long has touted the benefits of omega-3 fatty acids for the heart. But until now, researchers have not studied the potential benefit for people on hemodialysis, who are among the highest-risk patients for sudden cardiac death. ...More
February 7, 2013
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Arbor Research Awarded PCORI Grant to Study Peritoneal Dialysis, Hemodialysis for Kidney Failure

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Arbor Research Collaborative for Health has been approved for a research award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to study the selection of dialysis modality for kidney failure, in order to gain meaningful information for patients ...More
December 20, 2012
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Putting the Pieces Together for Patients

Envision yourself as a new hemodialysis patient. You are asked to arrive at the dialysis clinic before the sun even begins to rise. You arrive with little sleep and are called into the unit, escorted to a chair that seems to be on the outer reaches of the universe, and are ...More
November 20, 2012
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Rockwell Medical Reports Third Quarter 2012 Results

WIXOM, Mich.—Rockwell Medical announced its results for the third quarter ended September 30. ...More
November 9, 2012
Posted in News, Business
Medicare ESRD Program Celebrates 40 Years of Saving Lives

When the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center (SAKC) opened its doors in January 1962, there were only seven people with what is now called end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in Seattle and 20 patients in the whole United States who had access to dialysis treatments. ...More
October 31, 2012
Posted in Articles, Government & Regulation