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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.
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ESRD Treatment Choices Model 2021: Opportunities, Challenges, and Clinic List
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This post will examine dialysis clinics selected for the Model and challenges some clinics and their patients with Original Medicare may face.
Published on 01/21/2021 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Combatting Implicit Bias in Home Dialysis
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“Black and Asian patients are significantly less likely than white patients to receive CPR from dialysis staff.”
Published on 11/19/2020 by Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
Vlog: Differences in PD Solution Strengths
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In this 7.5 minute Vlog, you can learn about fluid removal (ultrafiltration) in peritoneal dialysis, the three strengths of dextrose PD fluid.
Published on 10/15/2020 by Kyle Chang
Tags: Making dialysis better, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Dialysis Success: What’s in a Word?
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Recently, I have noticed a lot of discouraging posts from members of the Facebook dialysis support groups. People are frustrated with their treatments, dialysis machines, even their lives.
Published on 10/01/2020 by Nieltje Gedney
Tags: How dialysis works, Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, Education issues: for patients and professionals,
Advocating to Stay with a Hospitalized Dialysis Patient
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My husband does nocturnal home hemo. My greatest fear has nothing to do with dialysis itself, but with him needing to go to the ER for any reason and needing to be admitted.
Published on 09/17/2020 by Linda Narucki Pham
Tags: Making dialysis better, How dialysis works, Education issues: for patients and professionals,