Tag: home dialysis
Quanta announces enrolment completion in home dialysis study
Quanta Dialysis Technologies has announced that it has completed enrolment of its Home Run study for at-home haemodialysis. The Home Run study is a...
Welsh research highlights patient reluctance towards home dialysis
Why do more patients not choose haemodialysis at home? That was the question Leah McLaughlin (Bangor University, Bangor, UK) sought to answer for the...
Outset Medical presents research on home haemodialysis in underserved populations
Outset Medical, the medical technology company responsible for the Tablo haemodialysis system, has presented five new abstracts that promise insights on the clinical and...
Home haemodialysis: The path to patient empowerment
Michael Aragon (End Stage Renal Disease Network 14, Dallas, USA) writes here to assess how home haemodialysis can offer improvements to patients’ freedom—as well...
ASN and Home Dialysis University announce nephrology fellow education programme
The American Society of Nephrology (ASN) has announced a collaboration with the Home Dialysis University (HDU) to improve nephrology trainees’ knowledge, proficiency, and exposure...
Digital dialysis device from liberDi receives FDA approval
liberDi announced today that it has received regulatory clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its digital dialysis clinic, which allows...
UK study striving to Inter-CEPt home dialysis discrepancies before they become...
As highlighted by previous studies, as well as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) national report on renal medicine and data from the...
UKKW 2022: Funder engagement and patient support essential to home dialysis...
Funder-provider engagement and patient education are vital in growing home dialysis uptake across an entire region or country. Financial incentives or performance targets are...
Policy adherence and patient-centred thinking both vital in enabling self-cannulation
It is critical that clinicians follow—or, at the very least, are aware of—their centre’s policies regarding cannulation practices. This message was delivered by Deborah...
Outset presents multiple data sets on home dialysis modalities at NKF...
Outset Medical has announced the release of three new data sets related to home dialysis—each of which are being presented during the ongoing National...
Home dialysis patients in UK face “postcode lottery of care”, new...
Kidney failure patients who wish to receive the choice of home dialysis face an unequal struggle across the UK to access such care, according...
Baxter presents data indicating Sharesource increases time on home dialysis by...
Baxter International has announced new data indicating the use of its Sharesource remote patient management platform with an automated peritoneal dialysis cycler may improve the clinical...
DaVita Kidney Care appoints new chief medical officer of home modalities
DaVita Kidney Care has announced the appointment of Mihran Naljayan—a clinical associate professor at LSU School of Medicine (New Orleans, USA) who is board-certified in...
GIRFT report represents “call to action” and provides renewed focus for...
The Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) national report on renal medicine represents a “call to action” for the UK renal community, and provides...
Improved understanding of current dialysis modalities may hold greater value than...
There are several different types of dialysis treatment available to kidney disease patients—with the three major players, in-centre haemodialysis (ICHD), home haemodialysis (HHD) and...
Fresenius unveils intelligent home dialysis solutions at China International Import Expo
Fresenius Medical Care recently presented its advances in home dialysis solutions at the China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai, China. The company showcased...
Outset Medical gains landmark CMS approval for Tablo home haemodialysis system
Outset Medical has announced that its Tablo haemodialysis system has received the first ever approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for...
Turning the dial to ensure equitable access to home dialysis
There are multiple barriers to home dialysis initiation, and these disproportionately affect vulnerable populations. Current solutions need to be scaled up, with particular emphasis...
Fresenius Medical Care North America announces three key clinical leadership appointments
Fresenius Medical Care North America (FMCNA) has announced three key clinical leadership appointments to help drive priorities, including improving patient outcomes, adopting connected health technologies...
DaVita Kidney Care marks Nephrology Nurses Week with new chief nursing...
DaVita Kidney Care has marked Nephrology Nurses Week by announcing the appointment of Tina Livaudais as its chief nursing officer (CNO). Livaudais most recently...
Early-cannulation grafts display parity with ePTFE options—but also face similar challenges
In addition to demonstrating comparable performance in terms of long-term patency, durability and associated complications, early-cannulation arteriovenous (AV) grafts may hold some advantages when...