Advancing American Kidney Health Initiative is 1 Year Old

COVID-19 has thrown a wrench into implementation of the AAKH. Read a U.S. Health and Human Services summary of actions taken to improve kidney care in the past year. https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/07/10/hhs-marks-one-year-anniversary-advancing-american-kidney-health-initiative.html

Kidney Views Blog Topics: Join us for our weekly home dialysis blog. Click here to subscribe to new post alerts. Tell us what YOU think—we welcome comments and guest blog posts!

• Dialysis Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  08/06 – Beth Witten, MSW, ACSW, LSCSW
• Reflections on Safe PD Catheter Exit Site Care from a 29-year PD Nurse
  07/30 – Alan Falcioni MSN, RN, CNN
• How Come the English Never Learned to Cook? The Scots Did!
  07/23 – Henning Sondergaard
• The Power of the Patient Voice
  07/16 – Nieltje Gedney

Pipeline Technology

• Student Start-up Wins $500K PD Care KidneyX Innovation Award
• iHemo Implantable Artificial Kidney Moves One Step Closer

Home Dialysis in the News

• Telehealth Here To Stay For Home Dialysis
• First Tablo Patient Goes Home

Advocacy for Better Dialysis

• CMS to Broaden Eligibility for Home Dialysis Innovation Payments

Industry Updates

• Baxter & Ayogo A Go

What's New in Home Dialysis Research

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

• Home HD Respite Care Resource Implications
• Case Report: Intensive Daily HD Improves Lung Function
• C-reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio (CAR) on PD Predicts Survival
• Serum Uric Acid and Residual Kidney Function in PD
• Carnitine Deficiency and ESA Resistance in PD
• How Much Dialysate Should be Used for Nocturnal HD With NxStage?
• Quanta SC+ Fluid Removal Accuracy

Featured Link: See How Fluid Shifts in the Body During Dialysis

Watch our 3-minute animated video to see how fluid moves from inside cells to in between them to the bloodstream—and why longer, gentler dialysis is better. https://homedialysis.org/water-removal-hemodialysis