Home Dialysis Central update
[Vol.1, No.6, December 22, 2004]
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Register online for free ISHD seminar in Tampa on Feb. 27
The International Society for Hemodialysis is offering a half-day Vanguards in Renal Replacement Therapy seminar—with topics ranging from nanotechnology, to point-of-use production of dialysate from available water, to a wearable artificial kidney. Limited space is available. Join the ISHD and sign up today.
Annual Dialysis Conference in Tampa Feb. 28-March 2
Each year, the ADC is the renal meeting with the most home dialysis content. This year's program features a keynote address on 25 years of daily home hemo, plus presentations on factors in long-term HD survival, quotidian dialysis around the world, preventing peritonitis, and more! Register now!
I did some homework (to get daily home hemo)
"I'm a big person, and I wasn't getting enough dialysis on the standard 3-day-a-week schedule," says KJoy. "I asked for more time, but my dialysis center couldn't and wouldn't accommodate me." Read her story.
What messages can we share with patients to encourage home dialysis?
Click here to learn the answers to this & other questions about Medicare payment for PD and home hemo.
Read all about it!
Review home dialysis-related news, courtesy of Nephrology News & Issues. This week's stories include:
- Medicare Payment Errors Nearly $20 Billion
- First Genegic Glimpse of Aging Kidney Offers Insights into How Cells Grow Old
- Ciphergen and EU-funded ADDNET to Discover and Develop Diagnostics of Renal Disease
- DaVita Buys Gambro for $3.05 Billion
Featured link
Read the hows and whys of the buttonhole technique for A/V fistulas in this article by Dr. Zbylut Twardowski.
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