Home Dialysis Central update
[Vol.2, No.2, February 24, 2005]
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Home Dialysis Central launches new dynamic home page
Check out our new look! The newly updated Home Dialysis Central home page offers an educational topic of the month, weekly features, patient stories, and more. We'd love your suggestions, so feel free to send 'em along.
Nephrologists: link to the Quotidian Dialysis Registry
From the Home Dialysis Central home page—right under our Sponsors list—you can now learn more about the Quotidian Dialysis Registry (endorsed by the NIH, NIDDK, and the ISHD). The registry is designed to evaluate patient outcomes, conduct a matched-cohort study using USRDS and Canadian patients as controls, and obtain data to help inform development of new technologies and practice standards. Enroll your patients!
Angel and Rose were not interested in home dialysis at first...
A 30-year diabetic with loss of vision, Angel did in-center hemo for 3 years in Puerto Rico—then switched to CAPD when he began to develop liver problems and weight loss. Read about how the new treatment changed his life.
Why should clinics encourage patients to work and/or keep their EGHP coverage?
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:
- Aksys, AKF launch Rountree Memorial Fund for home hemodialysis patients
- Research team successfully clones human kidney in rats
- Scientists uncover potential trigger of diabetic kidney disease
- Greenspan says Medicare—not Social Security—is in crisis
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Learn about the Fresenius 2008K at home machine for home hemodialysis.
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