Visit Our Home Dialysis Central Booth (#525) at NKF Spring Clinicals in Long Beach, CA

This year’s NKF Spring Clinicals meeting is May 14-18, with a hands-on preconference workshop on how to do home hemodialysis! MEI Executive Director, Dori Schatell, MS, is doing a talk on Wednesday, May 15 at 4:15 pm (#363 in room 103C) on Person-centered Care. There are sessions for all professional disciplines and consumers. Read about it and register for in-person or online sessions here!

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• Why Does the U.S. Still Use Steel Needles for Hemodialysis?
  05/02 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• ESRD Network Resources on Home Dialysis topics
  04/25 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• View from the Chair: Does Dialysis HAVE to Severely Limit Lifestyle?
  04/18 – Dori Schatell, MS, Executive Director, Medical Education Institute
• Silver Lining now available in the US and UK!
  04/11 – Kamal Shah

Pipeline Technology

• The Public-Private ASN, DHSS, KidneyX Partnership is 5 Years Old This Year

Home Dialysis in the News

• Tablo-maker Outset Joined the ANNA’s Partnership Advisory Council
• New Partnership Will Bring Tablo to 33 States Where US Renal Care has Clinics
• FDA Class I Recalls of Dialysis Products for Potential Risk of Serious Injury or Death

Living Well with Home Treatments

• NxStage Video Protocol for Supporting Patients in the First 90 Days at Home
• ESRD Network Coordinating Center Home Dialysis Videos
• Elbert and Easter: A Dialysis Love Story
• Do These Steps to Overcome Your Dialysis Fear
• Nurse Nick Describes How to Travel on PD

Industry Updates

• NKF: Making the Case for Home Dialysis

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

Each month, we gather recent research abstracts about home dialysis. Visit our Journal Watch to learn more:

• Why Do Patients Switch from PD to HD?
• Carbon Footprint of CAPD vs. CCPD/APD in Australia
• Does Social Deprivation Impact PD Outcomes?
• Fluid Compartment Shifts and Post-hemodialysis Recovery Time

Featured Link: Visits with Vanessa Podcast

Watch Vanessa interview Rosie, a home training nurse in MA, who answers questions about finding a home program, training time, what to expect to learn, and resources, in this 16:49-minute video.