Home Dialysis News

After a peritoneal dialysis education program, the number of staff at a Veterans Affairs center who scored their knowledge level on the topic as “high” and “very high” increased, according to presented research.

With the closing of its initial public offering of 10,293,777 shares of common stock last week, dialysis machine manufacturer Outset Medical Inc. has raised $277.9 million, the company announced.

A study conducted in Canada found patients who initiated kidney replacement therapy with home hemodialysis experienced lower risks for both mortality and treatment failure compared with those who had peritoneal dialysis.

It could take close to 5 decades for dialysis providers to reach the Advancing American Kidney Health goal of starting 50% of new patients on home dialysis, a speaker said at the American Nephrology Nurses Association National Symposium.

Government initiatives aimed at increasing the number of patients who choose home dialysis need to be complemented with strong retention practices, a speaker at the virtual American Nephrology Nurses Association National Symposium said.

Although patients receiving home dialysis may have an advantage in limiting their exposure to COVID-19, challenges have remained for them during the pandemic, a published review suggests.

Between 1996 and 2015, researchers observed improved outcomes for patients on peritoneal dialysis. These outcomes included declining rates of mortality and a lower likelihood of transitioning to in-center hemodialysis.

The COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated that greater numbers of patients receive dialysis at home, may give rise to continued increases in the utilization of such home-based therapies, according to two nephrology experts.

Efforts by HHS through the Advancing American Kidney Health to improve dialysis care has put home dialysis in the spotlight as a safer, alternative therapy, per advocates in a recently published study.

Baxter International has expanded its partnership with behavioral science-based digital health company Ayogo Health Inc. to support patients with kidney disease through digital platforms, according to a press release.