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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.
Visiting a 15th century castle - The Castle Fraser Challenge!
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This is the 4th of a series of blogs about our adventures traveling in Europe together in 2019.
Published on 08/27/2020 by Henning Sondergaard and David Rosenbloom
Tags: Making dialysis better, What is the best dialysis option for me, travel,
Tell CMS What Home Dialysis Machine Innovation Means to YOU
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I want to focus on just one aspect of the rule, because I think that giving your feedback—the patient’s perspective—to the CMS (Medicare) is vital for the future of home dialysis.
Published on 08/20/2020 by Eric Weinhandl, PhD, MS
Tags: Making dialysis better, How dialysis works, How to understand ‘bloods’ and other tests, Other ‘cool stuff’ to help understand dialysis better,
Share Your Story and Help Change the World for Dialyzors. Write Now!
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Now, it is time for us to use our collective voice to help implement changes for our fellow dialyzors
Published on 08/13/2020 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, How dialysis works, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dialysis Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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It’s important for dialysis patients to know and accept that they are at higher risk for serious complications if they get COVID-19, because they have kidney failure
Published on 08/06/2020 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD), How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, travel,
Reflections on Safe PD Catheter Exit Site Care from a 29-year PD Nurse
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First came Ford versus Chevy. In the 60’s, a more specific Mustang versus Camaro. Then, in the 80’s, BMW versus Mercedes. Now it’s internal combustion versus electric cars. We seemed to be faced with having to “take sides” in life with many decisions.
Published on 07/30/2020 by Alan Falcioni MSN, RN, CNN
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Fistulas, grafts and catheters (including PD),
How Come the English Never Learned to Cook? The Scots Did!
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I flew from Copenhagen to Aberdeen Airport. True to form, the airline was reluctant for me to bring my dialysis machine.
Published on 07/23/2020 by Henning Sondergaard and David Rosenbloom
Tags: Making dialysis better, travel,
The Power of the Patient Voice
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Years ago, when I first developed symptoms of a chronic illness, I was a passive observer in my care.
Published on 07/16/2020 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
Short Gaps, Long Gaps, and Very Long Gaps: Intermittent Hemodialysis in the Real World
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The goal of this blog is to give visibility into interesting news in the worlds of medical research and health care policy, especially insofar as those worlds intersect with the diverse areas of expertise among investigators at CDRG.
Published on 07/09/2020 by Eric Weinhandl, PhD, MS
Tags: How dialysis works, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’,
So, You Think Driving a 7-passenger Van on the Wrong Side of the Road in a Foreign Country is Crazy?
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Last May 2019 we spent 2 weeks in Southwest England, Wales and Northumberland, and then 10 days in Scotland with our dear Danish friend Henning Sondergaard. It was our fourth trip to England and third trip to Scotland. Each time we've rented a car and dri
Published on 06/25/2020 by Henning Sondergaard and David Rosenbloom
Tags: Making dialysis better, travel,
A Sea Change in Nephrology Training for Home Dialysis
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Greater adoption of home dialysis—both peritoneal dialysis (PD) and home hemodialysis (HD) has had a number of system challenges, including nephrologist training.
Published on 06/18/2020 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Tags: How dialysis works,