Renal Business Today

U.S. Renal Data System (USRDS)

DaVita Vaccinates 85 Percent of Patients Against Flu

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.—DaVita said Jan. 19 that it has vaccinated 85 percent of its 110,000 dialysis patients for the flu through an awareness campaign the company started in December 2008. ...More
January 20, 2009
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Women's Access to Donated Kidneys Declines with Age

WASHINGTON—Younger women have equivalent access to kidney transplants compared with their male counterparts, but older women receive transplants much less frequently than older men, according to a study appearing in the March issue of the Journal of the American Society ...More
January 7, 2009
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
Peritoneal Dialysis: Advancing the Trend Toward Home

Each day, nephrologists witness a growing number of pre-ESRD patients at risk, hear the stipulations of increasingly empowered patients and wait for the particulars of an evolving reimbursement environment to become apparent. ...More
December 2, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Will Home Hemo Keep Growing?

“HOME HEMODIALYSIS has received little attention in the past 15 years,” the U.S. Renal Data System wrote in its 2008 annual data report. Today, however, the renal community has dusted off the idea and is looking for ways to make it a viable—and popular—treatment option for ...More
December 2, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
Top 10 Renal Stories of 2008

Years come and years go, but 2008 will long be remembered as the year that shaped the renal community for the 21st century. It was the year that the End-Stage Renal Disease Program saw some of its biggest changes in three decades, from the updated Conditions for Coverage as ...More
December 2, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
NxStage home dialysis machine improves survival

LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage Medical released registry statistics today that show survival and transplant rates are higher among kidney disease patients using its home hemodialysis machines compared to patients using conventional, less-frequent dialysis therapies. ...More
July 23, 2008
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
EMRs help dialysis patients live longer and reduce costs

BOULDER, Colo.—The use of electronic medical records in dialysis clinics can help improve patient care, lower mortality and reduce costs, according to a study published recently in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. "We believe that complete, accurate, ...More
March 20, 2008
Posted in Articles, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management
EMRs help dialysis patients live longer and reduce costs, study says

BOULDER, Colo.—The use of electronic medical records in dialysis clinics can help improve patient care, lower mortality and reduce costs, according to a study published recently in an online medical journal. ...More
February 14, 2008
Posted in News, Business, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
ESRD population to increase 60 percent by 2020, study says

SAN FRANCISCO—The projected number of end-stage renal disease patients is projected to rise to approximately 785,000 by 2020—an increase of 60 percent compared to the number of ESRD patients in 2005, according to research presented at the American Society of Nephrology ...More
November 12, 2007
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation
USRDS Releases 2007 Report

In late September, the U.S. Renal Data System released its 2007 Annual Data Report, the holy grail of data for the renal community, and it showed that while costs to treat end-stage renal disease continue to rise, the number of new patients is beginning to stabilize. There ...More
November 1, 2007
Posted in Articles, Clinical & Pharma, Government & Regulation, Practice Management