KidneyViews
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.
We have a "lifestyle bible" for sale that can help you learn about dialysis options. Help, I Need Dialysis! We also have prepared some slideshows on how to have a good future with kidney disease.
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,
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’,
Insurance 101 for Dialysis Social Workers
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U.S. health plan choices are complex, with many confusing rules. If staff who educate patients about their health insurance options do not know all the rules, they may provide information that does not meet a patient’s needs
Published on 07/02/2020 by Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
Tags: Making dialysis better, Choosing the right path through ‘The System’, How dialysis works,