Renal Business Today

Home Dialysis

Home dialysis is being used more today to meet the challenge of an increasing kidney disease patient population, as well as to improve the quality of life for the patients. Dialysis providers and healthcare companies are working to improve technology and programs for home hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

AKJD Study Outlines Barriers to Home Dialysis

NEW YORK— Approximately 75 percent of patients beginning in-center hemodialysis (HD) are unaware of the option to dialyze at home; however, once informed, 40 percent of patients are interested in this treatment option, and less than 10 percent actually initiate home ...More
November 28, 2011
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
NxStage Launches Online Nephrologist Directory

LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage has launched an online directory to help patients find nephrologists who have experience in home hemodialysis. ...More
November 22, 2011
Posted in News, Business
WellBound Home Dialysis Program Reaches 1,000 Patients

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Satellite Healthcare said its Satellite WellBound division now serves more than 1,000 patients. ...More
November 16, 2011
Posted in News, Business
AWAK Receives VA Innovation Initiative Award

BURBANK, Calif.—The Department of Veteran Affairs announced AWAK Technologies as a winner of the VA Innovation Initiative’s (VAi2) Industry Innovation Competition (Industry-IC). ...More
November 16, 2011
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Taking Hemodialysis Home Safely

All home hemodialysis patients should prepare for local disasters including adverse weather, home fires, earthquakes and epidemics ...More
November 1, 2011
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
NxStage Ranked 141 in Deloitte's 2011 Technology Fast 500

LAWRENCE, Mass.— NxStage Medical is ranked 141 on Deloitte's Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. ...More
October 21, 2011
Posted in News, Business
Home Hemo Patients Respond to NEJM Study

In late September, a study in the New England Journal of Medicine found the number of event rates were higher the day after a long interval between dialysis suggesting a benefit of more frequent dialysis.To better understand how people using dialysis felt, RBT asked two ...More
October 12, 2011
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Good News from the Staff-Assisted Home Dialysis Story

In early August, I visited Renal CarePartners’ staff-assisted home dialysis program in Atlanta, and as part of the report, Cindy Gough was kind enough to allow me into her home while she dialyzed in order to see how the program actually worked. ...More
September 27, 2011
Posted in Blog
The People Behind the RCP Home Program

Many patients desire or truly need to dialyze in the comfort of their own homes; however, they may not be willing or able to perform the tasks necessary for self-administered care. The Renal CarePartners (RCP) staff-assisted home dialysis program in Atlanta was started to ...More
September 1, 2011
Posted in Galleries, Business
NxStage CEO Wins Mass High Tech All-Star Award

LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage Medical CEO Jeffrey Burbank is one of 15 recipients of the Mass High Tech, The Voice of New England Innovation, 2011 All-Stars Awards. ...More
September 1, 2011
Posted in News, Business