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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
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
Abstract Available for Study that Rates Frequency of Home Hemodialysis

Prior small studies have shown multiple benefits of frequent nocturnal hemodialysis compared to conventional three times per week treatments. The following study re-examined this situation. ...More
July 22, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
New Report Outlines Safety for Home Medical Devices

A new report from the National Research Council recommends steps the Food and Drug Administration and other agencies and professional associations can take to ensure that the medical devices and health information technology used in home healthcare are easy and safe for ...More
July 21, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Nighttime Home Dialysis Protects Blood Vessels Better

TORONTO— Cells that help protect blood vessels work better in patients who undergo dialysis at home during the night than those who undergo standard daytime dialysis in a hospital, according to a study in the June issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of ...More
June 21, 2011
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
First NxStage Patients Celebrate 7-Year Anniversary

LAWRENCE, Mass.—A group of patients are celebrating their seven-year anniversary of home hemodialysis treatment using NxStage’s System One machine. ...More
December 16, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Practice Management
Working with Home Patients: Tips from the Labs

It's well known in the renal community that patients do better when they have more dialysis treatments, and that home care often provides such an opportunity for well being. However, home care presents challenges too. Renal Business Today spoke with several dialysis lab ...More
August 11, 2010 By Michelle Beaver
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
Dialysis Patients’ Spouses Often Have Reduced Kidney Function

NEW YORK—A shared home environment and health habits can contribute to the development of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in the spouses of dialysis patients, according to a study in the May issue of American Journal of Kidney Diseases. ...More
April 30, 2010
Posted in News, Practice Management
Home Hemodialysis: Getting Started

The decision to expand into home hemodialysis at the Dialysis Center of Lincoln began about two years before we actually initiated the program in August 2003. Our in-center hemodialysis program had been rapidly expanding. We were outgrowing the two units previously built in ...More
March 16, 2010
Posted in Articles, Business, Practice Management
Baxter Recalls PD Cycler After Reports of Serious Injury

DEERFIELD, Ill.—U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified Baxter's recent Urgent Product Recall of the HomeChoice and HomeChoice Pro peritoneal dialysis cyclers as a Class I recall because of the risk of serious injury or patient death, Baxter said in a March 3 news ...More
March 3, 2010
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management