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Welcome to the non-profit Medical Education Institute's Home Dialysis Central blogspot! This page is an umbrella under which Home Dialysis Central staff and guests can share their perspectives about home therapies and what we need to do to raise their profile and enable more people to use them. We'd like your comments as well! Bookmark our site and like us on Facebook! Help us tell the world about home dialysis.
Train Dialyzors, Not Care Partners!
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This time the problem is not in-center vs. home, it is the issue of care partners that makes me pipe up.
Published on 04/17/2025 by Henning Sondergaard
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
MEI and Home Dialysis at DTX42
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Last week, some of the MEI team traveled to Las Vegas for the the DialysisTechConneXion 42 (DTX42), the National Association of Nephrology Technicians/Technologists (NANT) annual conference.
Published on 04/10/2025 by Jennifer Ravert, RN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
View from the Chair: Why Some People Don’t Choose Home Therapies
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A social media group asked its members the question, “If you do not want to do a home option, can you share your reasons?” I’ve categorized the answers and responded to them
Published on 04/03/2025 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
A Vision for the Future of Kidney Replacement Therapy
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At a wonderful ESAO conference held in Bergamo (Italy) I received a vision that I’d like to share with you.
Published on 03/27/2025 by Fokko Wieringa, PhD
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Telehealth and Home Dialysis: Past, Present and Future
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The patient only needs to have one face-to-face doctor’s visit per quarter, with the other two by telehealth from the patient’s home or other location.
Published on 03/20/2025 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Why I as a patient prefer HIF-PHIs to injectable ESAs
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Most dialysis patients have anemia, which is characterized by low hemoglobin. Anemia can cause a lot of problems like fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, and so on.
Published on 03/13/2025 by Kamal Shah
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
It’s National Kidney Month: Do You Know Where Your Patient Reading Levels Are?
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Chronic diseases require self-management—which must be informed by education patients can understand.
Published on 03/06/2025 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
How can we tell if we are delivering good dialysis?
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When it comes to assessing what is 'good dialysis', what should we take cognizance of?
Published on 02/27/2025 by Dr. John Agar
CMS 2728 Form Misses Four Key Data points
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CMS gathers reams of kidney patient data on two forms. But, several key data points that could inform our educational efforts are missing.
Published on 02/20/2025 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
View from the Chair: Solo Home HD—Overcoming the Fear Factor
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Part of the challenge for patients that I often see in online forums is what I call the Paradox of Safety.
Published on 02/13/2025 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, Education issues: for patients and professionals,