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.

AWAK to Unveil Wearable Kidney at ASN Meeting

LOS ANGELES—AWAK Technologies said Oct. 23 it will unveil its peritoneal dialysis-based wearable artificial kidney, envisioned to weigh 2 pounds, at the American Society of Nephrology’s Renal Week, which is being held in San Diego Oct. 29-31. ...More
October 23, 2009
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NxStage Third Fastest Growing Company in Mass.

LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage Medical Inc. is the third fastest growing company in Massachusetts, according to the Boston Business Journal. ...More
October 1, 2009
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NxStage, Reliant Renal Care Ink Blood Tubing Supply Agreement

LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage Medical Inc. said Sept. 14 that it has signed a three-year deal to supply dialysis provider Reliant Renal Care with blood tubing sets and safety needles. ...More
September 14, 2009
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Study: Night Home Hemo Has Same Survival as Kidney Transplant

TORONTO—Patients who receive night home hemodialysis live just as long as those who receive kidney transplants from deceased donors, according to a study in the September issue of Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. ...More
August 25, 2009
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Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Hospitalized Less than Hemo Patients

PLAINSBORO, N.J.—Peritoneal dialysis patients have lower healthcare costs for private insurers and are less likely than to be hospitalized when compared to hemodialysis patients, according to a study published in the August issue if the American Journal of Managed Care. ...More
August 13, 2009
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MRSA May Accompany Hospital Patients Into Home Health Settings

PARIS—Infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) appears relatively common among patients discharged from the hospital into home healthcare, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. ...More
August 11, 2009
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The Nurse's Role in Peritoneal, Home Dialysis Education

As the dialysis patient population continues to grow, healthcare providers—as well as insurance providers—are looking to home dialysis as a way to lower costs and increase patient satisfaction. Last year, the Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Service (CMS) made home care ...More
July 28, 2009
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Medisystems Extends Needle Agreement with Fenwal

LAWRENCE, Mass.—Medisystems, which is a subsidiary of NxStage Medical, said July 21 that it has agreed to a three-year contract extension to supply Fenwal Inc. with needle sets and assemblies. ...More
July 21, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
IOM Report Targets Dialysis for Comparative Effectiveness

WASHINGTON—Dialysis was among 100 health topics listed in a new Institute of Medicine report that the agency feels should be part of a national research effort to compare which healthcare treatments work best for patients. ...More
July 1, 2009
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A Q&A with NKF President-Elect Lynda Szczech

In April, Lynda A. Szczech, MD, MSCE, FASN, became the first woman in the National Kidney Foundation’s 60-year history to be appointed President-elect. ...More
June 24, 2009
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management