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HDCN News Archive -- Daily and Nocturnal Hemodialysis |
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| Aug29 |
ISHD Hemodialysis University on September 22-23, in Chicago |
| Jul19 |
Full text of President Trump Executive Order re kidney disease (PDF) |
| Jul11 |
Trump's advancing kidney care initiative |
| Aug10 |
Fresenius inks deal to acquire NxStage. |
| Mar09 |
ISHD publishes practical manual for implementing home hemodialysis |
| Dec14 |
Even more news on the new HDCN Facebook page! |
| Dec12 |
Ten modules from the ISHD Global Home Hemodialysis Toolkit |
| Dec09 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: The Home HD Hub: Infrastructure and Governance (Module 1) |
| Dec06 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: Funding and Planning to Start or Expand a Home HD program (Module 2) |
| Dec06 |
Dialysis Patient Citizens group worried about lack of treatment option information given to predialysis patients, esp. those on Medicaid. |
| Dec03 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: Systems to Cultivate Suitable Patients (Module 4) |
| Dec03 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: Patient Safety (Module 5) |
| Dec02 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: Patient Selection and Training (Module 6) |
| Dec02 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: Vascular Access (Module 7) |
| Dec01 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: Infrastructure - Water and Machines in the Home (Module 8) |
| Dec01 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: Prescriptions for Home HD (Module 9) |
| Dec01 |
ISHD Home Dialysis Toolkit: Psychosocial Aspects (Module 10A) |
| Sep17 |
Program for "Hemodialysis University" this October 2nd and 3rd in Chicago |
| Apr30 |
Open source practical manual for implementing home hemodialysis |
| Jan26 |
Hemodialysis abstracts from the upcoming Annual Dialysis Conference in New Orleans |
| Jun03 |
Baxter presents VIVIA HD machine data at ERA/EDTA |
| May18 |
Aspirin retards wound healing |
| Oct13 |
NxStage announces opening of NxStage Kidney Care dialysis. |
| Feb20 |
Hemodialysis abstracts from upcoming Annual Dialysis Conference in Seattle. |
| Feb16 |
FHN study finds frequent dialysis associated with higher vascular access risks. |
| Jan10 |
AWAK inks agreement with Baxter for wearable dialysis technology. |
| Oct05 |
Incenter short daily hemodialysis associated with INCREASED mortality. |
| Aug09 |
NxStage protests lack of improvement in reimbursement for home dialysis to CMS. |
| Jul12 |
Home dialysis conference to be held in October of 2012 in Baltimore. |
| Jul05 |
CMS leaves reimbursement for home hemodialysis largely unchanged. |
| Mar02 |
Touch cannulation technique for vascular access gets a vote of approval. |
| Mar02 |
Patient education video regarding dialysis choices. |
| Nov01 |
FHN Nocturnal Trial results published in Kidney International |
| Aug30 |
Higher patient costs for home dialysis patients in Australia. |
| Aug30 |
Satellite Dialysis continues to grow its incenter nocturnal hemodialysis program. |
| Aug17 |
Singapore AWAK (wearable kidney) in the news. |
| Jul23 |
Frequent Hemodialysis Network Nocturnal Trial primary results published. |
| Jun16 |
Skype helps home hemodialysis patients link up with health care providers. |
| Apr12 |
Reversed hookup between individual RO machine and home dialysis machine led to hypercalcemia. |
| Mar15 |
NEJM: Comments on the Frequent Hemodialysis Network daily dialysis study. |
| Feb22 |
Fresenius gets FDA clearance to market its home hemo dialysis machine. |
| Jan10 |
New rules may increase number of patients on home dialysis. |
| Dec12 |
Case-control study suggests marked benefits for 3/week incenter nocturnal dialysis. |
| Nov21 |
Baxter and DEKA announce FDA approval of their home hemodialysis device for testing |
| Nov21 |
FHN 6/week short daily dialysis trial results reported. Frequent dialysis lowes LVH and improves QOL. |
| Aug12 |
CMS may require one physician visit/month to home dialysis patients in order to get paid. |
| Aug02 |
Need evidence of rehabilitation with nocturnal dialysis? How about competitive high-jumping? |
| Jul06 |
Good outcomes reported with every other night nocturnal dialysis. |
| Jun16 |
Home Dialysis Plus raises 50 million dollars of seed money investment. |
| Apr21 |
FDA press release relating to regulation of home therapy devices |
| Apr21 |
Home medical devices to get stricter FDA reveiw |
| Mar31 |
Home dialysis patients anxiously wait for health care reform to unfold. |
| Mar31 |
Should home dialysis patients register with the city water treatment department? |
| Mar08 |
Daily dialysis with NxStage system improves sleep and restless legs syndrome. |
| Feb15 |
DSEN blog: MD patient questions what should be the minimum dose with NxStage |
| Feb03 |
Nordic Medcom AB to distribute NxStage hemodialysis system in Scandinavia. |
| Jan24 |
Dr. Bernard Canaud to receive 2010 Belding Scribner Trailblazer Award at the ADC |
| Jan20 |
DaVita names Dr. John Moran as VP in charge of home therapies. |
| Jan15 |
Comments to CMS regarding effect of bundling on frequent hemodialysis |
| Nov27 |
Interview with NxStage CEO Jeff Burbank discusses home dialysis, impact of bundling. |
| Nov05 |
Home dialysis experts questions CMS decision to merge home training costs into the bundle. |
| Sep24 |
AJKD issues containing KDOQI guidelines now freely available as .pdf files |
| Sep23 |
New CMS reimbursement rules could help home dialysis companies like NxStage. |
| Sep04 |
Home Therapies 2010 Workshop, February 10-12, 2010 in Brisbane, Australia |
| Sep01 |
DaVita reaches milestone of 1000 incenter nocturnal hemodialysis patients. |
| Aug21 |
Observational study suggests home nocturnal dialysis mortality similar to that with kidney transplantation. |
| Jul28 |
Home hemodialysis in the news - U.S. News and World Report |
| Jul01 |
Institute of Medicine Comparative Effectiveness Report lists 100 priorities, including evaluation of different forms of dialysis. |
| Jun30 |
Key culprits in lupus (toll-like receptors) identified in mouse study. |
| May29 |
Holistic approach to CKD offers dialysis in a spa-like environment with numerous support services. |
| May25 |
Search all abstracts from the World Congress of Nephrology 2009 |
| May22 |
CJASN: Study describes benefits of in-center nocturnal hemodialysis |
| May14 |
Home nocturnal dialysis? 3,480 liters per week of water use causes utility bill to skyrocket. |
| May08 |
Fresenius opens incenter nocturnal dialysis program in Spokane. |
| Apr20 |
In-center nocturnal hemodialysis, this time by Fresenius, in the news. |
| Apr11 |
One thousand 2007-2009 audiofiles and slide/audio talks added to HDCN's 20 topic-related channels. |
| M29 |
Link to slide/audio and audio symposia on HDCN |
| F10 |
Vancouver sets up pilot self-care nocturnal dialysis unit in one of its hospitals. |
| F05 |
Regulatory approval for self-care dialysis (discussion blog) |
| J30 |
Incenter 3x/week nocturnal hemodialysis in the news. |
| J29 |
Home dialysis in Ontario, Canada in the news |
| J18 |
In-center nocturnal dialysis in Colorado in the news. |
| J03 |
VA/NIH study of dialysis dose in acute kidney failure published in NEJM |
| M20 |
NEJM: Palevsky-VA/NIH study shows that daily HD or more intense CRRT of no benefit in acute kidney injury |
| M13 |
NxStage reports that it was able to double number of home dialysis patients in past year. |
| M07 |
Incenter nocturnal dialysis offered at FMC Savannah unit in the news. |
| M05 |
ASN Renal Week abstract archives 2003-2006 now available on-line in .pdf format. |
| M01 |
AAKP urgers Senator Kerry to support pilot home hemodialysis program. |
| A21 |
FDA: Guidance issued regarding IDEs for nocturnal hemodialysis. |
| M03 |
Despite advantages, home dialysis slow to grow. |
| F28 |
Incenter nocturnal dialysis becoming more popular in Florida. |
| F13 |
More centers offering 3x/week nocturnal dialysis in-center. |
| F12 |
NxStage revenues increase, but so do losses; stock falls on release of quarterly report. |
| J14 |
Incenter nocturnal dialysis growing in popularity and in the news. |
| D08 |
Nocturnal in-center hemodialysis making news in Seattle. |
| N01 |
Redsense medical gets FDA approval to sell blood loss detection device in the U.S. |
| O29 |
FDA: New guidance recommendations for medical device tracking. |
| O23 |
Renal Solutions gets FDA 510k clearance for advanced sorbent dialysis machine enabling higher dialysate flow rates. |
| S18 |
JAMA: Small randomized trial shows benefits of 6x/week nocturnal HD on LV mass. |
| A30 |
NxStage to complete acquisition of Medisystems in fourth quarter of 2007. |
| A29 |
NxStage recalling leaky dialysis cartridges. |
| A06 |
Baxter announces collaboration with Dean Kamen's company DEKA and HHD, LLC to develop home dialysis system |
| J26 |
Small, but randomized Canadian trial of nocturnal hemodialysis shows reduction of LVH over 6 month period. |
| J05 |
NxStage announces agreement to acquire Medisystems |
| M15 |
Spreading viruses as we breathe - another argument for home dialysis? |
| F20 |
It's official: dialysis firm Aksys shuts down. |
| F19 |
Dialysis at night getting popular |
| F10 |
Custom RV (recreational vehicle) lets dialysis patients hit the road. |
| F08 |
NxStage shares soar after DaVita buys a 7% stake. |
| J29 |
Nephros gets conditional FDA approval to test hemodiafiltration module in the US |
| J24 |
Aksys to shut down operations |
| D19 |
Wellbound continues to open self-care dialysis centers |
| D11 |
Congress votes to increases the dialysate composite rate by 1.6%. |
| N27 |
In-center nocturnal dialysis program starts up in Oregon. |
| N26 |
HDCN: Search index updated for audiofiles, slide/audio talks, articles, and abstracts |
| O09 |
New Zealand patient now 30 years on home hemodialysis. |
| O05 |
New calculator up on HDCN to compute the standard Kt'V for 3-7x/week therapies. |
| O05 |
Aksys gets delivery of next-generation dialysis machine prototype from the makers of the Segway. |
| S19 |
Fresenius-built home dialysis machine alleged to have caused fatal home fire in lawsuit. |
| S11 |
Canadian home dialysis patients seek rebate for water, electricity costs. |
| S07 |
Traveling Canadian couple outfits RV to do nocturnal hemodialysis on the road. |
| J28 |
NxStage reports Q2 results. |
| J20 |
FDA concern about Aksys marketing of extended treatment times for its machine. |
| J16 |
CARI (Australasian) Clinical Practice Guidelines published (53 free full text review papers!) |
| J08 |
Renal Solutions reincarnates a newer, better Redy cartridge system for home and ICU dialysis. |
| M17 |
Congress reviews details of proposed daily dialysis bill |
| M01 |
500 patients receiving home hemodialysis using NxStage equipment. |
| A18 |
3x/;week nocturnal HD catching on in Lafayette. |
| A13 |
NxStage tap water purification device gets FDA ok for marketing. |
| M10 |
Aksys gets additional investment from Durus Fund |
| M07 |
Wellbound expanding network of self-care dialysis units |
| F02 |
NxStage treating 292 home dialysis patients as of year-end 2005. |
| J07 |
CJASN: Daily hemodialysis - a systematic review |
| D12 |
More home dialysis stories in the news. |
| D08 |
Aksys to focus on Atlanta, Seattle, and Baltimore of its home dialysis therapy. |
| D01 |
NxStage revenues, patient base, increase in 2005. |
| N23 |
Baxter to set up home dialysis care centers in India. |
| N10 |
Home dialysis in Chicago in the news |
| N09 |
The wearable artificial kidney - pie in the sky or pie on the table? |
| N05 |
Apollo healthcare offering home HD via both Aksys and NxStage. |
| N04 |
Aksys to team up with Dean Kamen's company for next home HD machine. |
| N02 |
Renal Solutions sell home dialysis kits in Europe. |
| O26 |
ASN Renal Week 2005 abstracts now available on-line. |
| O26 |
Aksys announces Q3 earnings conference call. |
| O24 |
NxStage home dialysis system in the news. |
| O17 |
Home dialysis in the news in the Boston press. |
| O14 |
Home nocturnal dialysis improves well-being of teenagers. |
| O11 |
NxStage Medical sets number and price of shares for its IPO. |
| O07 |
Toronto General rolls out innovative home dialysis telemonitoring system. |
| O06 |
Extension cord may have been cause of fatal home dialysis fire. |
| O06 |
Number of home hemodialysis patients increases 8-fold in 3 years. |
| O05 |
Home dialysis machine may have caused fatal house fire. |
| S30 |
Toronto study: Nocturnal HD markedly increases endothelial progenitor cell number. |
| S21 |
EDTNA journal club: Venous needle dislodgement during hemodialysis. |
| A09 |
Aksys reports second quarter results. |
| A09 |
Home dialysis for kids to be tested |
| J20 |
JASN early release: Short daily HD lowers LVH by 30%, also CRP. |
| J20 |
NxStage medical (maker of home dialysis machine) files for IPO. |
| J11 |
With approval of new machines, home dialysis is in the news. |
| J06 |
AAKP endorses Grassley-Baucus bill for improved dialysis quality. |
| J01 |
More frequent dialysis bill introduced in the U.S. House |
| J30 |
New NKF brochure highlights home hemodialysis |
| J29 |
NxStage receives FDA clearance for home hemodialysis system. |
| J27 |
McGill University starts up nocturnal HD program in Montreal. |
| M21 |
Medicare to pay for ESRD telehealth services (pdf). |
| M09 |
Dialysis patient goes on home dialysis strike - insists on in-center treatment. |
| M09 |
Aksys reports first quarter results. |
| A18 |
Kaiser and Wellbound partner to offer home HD and PD. |
| A04 |
Buttonhole vascular access information |
| A02 |
Home HD Medicare FAQs for medical professionals |
| A02 |
Home dialysis: legislative action center |
| A02 |
Daily home and nocturnal hemodialysis: patient stories. |
| A02 |
Search for a center that does home or nocturnal hemodialsysis. |
| M25 |
Nocturnal HD and the FHN study in the news: USA Today |
| M17 |
NxStage One home dialysis system being tested in Indiana U. |
| M14 |
CMS to pay for 4th treatment for NIDDK sponsored frequent dialysis study pts. |
| M07 |
Renal Solutions raises 16.5 M from venture capitalists. |
| M07 |
NxStage home dialysis system in the news. |
| M02 |
121 patients now being treated on Aksys home HD system |
| F25 |
Depressed spouse may act in harmful ways when forced into a caregiver situation. |
| F24 |
Aksys funds home dialysis support grant through AAKP. |
| J18 |
HDI: Hemodialysis abstractst from Annual Dialysis Conference, 2004. |
| D28 |
Nocturnal dialysis for Toronto seniors in the news. |
| D05 |
Company in Portland developing new generation of dialysis machines. |
| O30 |
ASN: Nocturnal hemodialysis results from Canada very encouraging |
| O18 |
CMS trades payment for new technology with requirement for study enrollment |
| O07 |
Invitation to participate in new daily/nocturnal HD registry |
| S30 |
NxStage medical raises 20 M in private equity financing |
| S22 |
Wellbound signs contract with Kaiser to supervise self-care dialysis program |
| S21 |
Medical Education Institute launches Home Dialysis Central |
| A16 |
Aksys sued over hedge fund buy |
| A09 |
Portland-based startup raising funds to develop home dialysis machine |
| A04 |
Aksys reports Q2 results |
| J27 |
Aksys announces Q2 conference call for August 4th. |
| J20 |
Nocturnal dialysis being credited for helping normal pregnancy and delivery |
| J06 |
Ontario boosts funding for home health care: 73 M |
| J13 |
Patient nocturnal dialysis experiences in the news |
| M19 |
Aksys to receive 10 M dollars in additional funding |
| M19 |
Dr. Christopher Blagg honored as a 2004 Hero of Healthcare |
| M19 |
Dr. Christopher Blagg honored as a 2004 Hero of Healthcare |
| A28 |
Aksys reports first quarter results |
| A27 |
Renal Solutions raises $5M to help it develop new dialysis machine |
| A14 |
Aksys reports on first quarter highlights and updated goals |
| M29 |
March Serminars in Dialysis issue focuses on daily HD |
| M09 |
Rocco to head up nocturnal arm of NIH more frequent dialysis trial |
| M02 |
Prince Edward Island woman fights to stay on home dialysis |
| F24 |
Aksys announces settlement of remaining claims against Durus |
| F18 |
Aksys conference call next Tuesday, Feb 24th |
| F02 |
New portable home dialysis machine under development in Oregon |
| J29 |
Aksys reports on growth at investor conference |
| J27 |
Aksys founder Rod Kenley rejoins the company as a senior VP |
| J14 |
Aksys gets 4.6 million from Durus as settlement for unlawful swing trading claim |
| N30 |
Home becomes boy's kidney dialysis unit |
| N22 |
Ultrafiltration and Beyond: ISHD symposium, San Antonio, TX;
Feb 7th, 2004 (PDF) |
| N10 |
RPA: New dialysis doc payment guidelines may hurt home, rural patients (PDF) |
| N06 |
Aksys reports Q3 results |
| O28 |
Renal Research Institute awarded 1/3 Clinical Centers to study more frequent HD |
| O20 |
Aksys to hold conference call Tuesday, Oct 21 about 2004 guidance |
| O20 |
Aksys signs agreement with Gambro to place the PHD machine in US Gambro units |
| O01 |
Hedge fund holdings continue to affect price of Aksys stock |
| S10 |
Renal Care Group sets up home dialysis in Anchorage, Alaska |
| S01 |
Nurse with ESRD lobbies Washington for Daily Dialysis Quality Act |
| A27 |
More hemodialysis to be done at home in Vancouver |
| A06 |
Aksys reports Q2 results |
| A05 |
Aksys files suit against Durus capital management |
| J30 |
NY Times: Aksys stock investor says he bought stock by mistake |
| J30 |
Aksys Q2 conference call
Aug 6th at 11:00 AM EST |
| J25 |
Investor group now controls 2/3 of outstanding Aksys stock; share price plunges |
| J25 |
Investor group buys up 20% of Aksys; motives uncertain |
| J07 |
Renal Solutions raises venture capital for sorbent dialysis machine |
| J01 |
Aksys announces common stock offering |
| J01 |
AJKD supplement: Quotidian/nocturnal hemodialysis |
| M29 |
Illinois home HD patients dies while on the machine |
| A02 |
Blagg, Lockridge urge write-in support for HR1004 home dialysis bill |
| M11 |
Buoncristiani slide presentation on short daily HD |
| M02 |
Home, daily and nocturnal dialysis growing in popularity |
| F13 |
Aksys ships 12 PHD machines in 4th quarter 2002 |
| J30 |
AKSYS machine sales starting to take off |
| J27 |
Aksys to present to venture capital group; webcast on January 30th |
| D14 |
NDT editorial: Aksys PHD system |
| D14 |
NDT editorial: Frequent nocturnal hemodialysis |
| D14 |
RFA for short daily or nocturnal dialysis issued by NIH-NIDDK |
| D03 |
Aksys home dialysis machine being evalutated in the UK |
| N18 |
Fresenius enters home hemodialysis market in India |
| N13 |
Canada's British Columbia piloting nocturnal home hemodialysis |
| O16 |
Aksys reports Q3 results; Has begun to sell its machines |
| O07 |
Home dialysis supported in England |
| O07 |
Aksys wins approval to sell its machine in Europe |
| A07 |
CMS to allow increased reimbursement for placement of Vasca-type accesses |
| J30 |
Aksys to report Q2 results July 30th (today) |
| J03 |
Research irregularities alleged in NEJM daily dialysis study (English) |
| J03 |
Research
irregularities alleged in NEJM daily dialysis study (German, English to follow) |
| M13 |
Aksys raises 18 million in private placement |
| M05 |
Blagg and Lockridge issue appeal to prevent funding reduction for home dialysis |
| M27 |
Aksys home dialysis system approved by the FDA |
| F23 |
Interview with Dr. Lindsay about daily HD |
| F13 |
Aksys reports Q4 results |
| J30 |
Daily dialysis results in higher survival in acute renal failure |
| O16 |
ASN/ISN: Nocturnal dialysis has beneficial effects
on LVH, blood pressure |