Home Dialysis
Nephrologists can grow their home modality program and improve overall quality and costs with DaVita’s home options and support resources.
Peritoneal Dialysis: Potential Patient Benefits
Preservation of residual renal function leading to improved adequacy, volume control and lower mortality rate
Lower Medicare expenditure and decreased hospitalization rate, critical to value-based care
Lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality for transplant recipients and lower risk of graft failure
Home Hemodialysis: Potential Patient Benefits
Improved left ventricular cardiovascular health due to better regulation of blood pressure, optimal volume removal rate and phosphorus control6
New Technology in Home Dialysis
With technology support from DaVita, you can help your patients choose the best modality option and increase your visibility into home patient care.
Modality Education
Engaging content across multiple platforms that helps patients make informed modality choices..
Remote Management
In-home technologies that keep patients connected to their nurse on a daily basis and provide enhanced clinical support..
Telehealth
Mechanisms that enable virtual care and decrease patient clinic visits..
Institute of Nephrology
DaVita’s Institute of Nephrology (ION) provides DaVita-affiliated nephrologists with training on common home dialysis issues. Studies show that many nephrologists receive insufficient training and exposure to PD and HHD during their fellowship. Institute courses cover a variety of home topics, offer no-cost CME credits for DaVita-affiliated nephrologists, and are created by nationally-recognized experts.
"I still do everything I want to!"
Ron, DaVita PD patient
Resources
Nephrologist
- In-person trainings: Home Dialysis University for Physicians and Fellows
- Clinical webinar on PD topics: Home Therapies Institutes
- Clinical support and podcast on HHD topics: Advancing Dialysis
- Professional tool regarding certification, billing and Medicare FAQs for providers: Home Dialysis Central (a program of the non-profit Medical Education Institute)
- Additional PD education: International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis ISPD membership, guidelines and official publications
National Conferences
- American Society of Nephrology – Kidney Week
- Annual Dialysis Conference
- ISPD Bi-Annual Congress
- National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings
Surgeon
- PD catheter placement resources: Webinars and Merit Medical
- In-person trainings: Peritoneal Dialysis University for Surgeons and Interventionalists
Even if a patient is already on dialysis, there may be an opportunity to switch to a treatment that better fits their lifestyle. Learn more about patient education and the benefits of home dialysis.
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Disclaimer: Service provider and modality selection are choices made exclusively between the patient and nephrologist. Educational resources provided do not constitute medical advice; nephrologists evaluate the individual clinical needs of each patient.
1 Nephrology News Issues, July 2017 | 2 Jakubovic BD, Yan AT, Wald R. In-center nocturnal hemodialysis. Seminars in Dialysis. 2014; 27(2);179-187. doi: 10.1111/sdi.12184 | 3 Kumar, VA et al. Kidney Int. 2014 Nov;86(5):1016-2 | 4 Nephrology News Issues, July 20173 Merighi, JR et al. Hemodial Int. 2012; 16:242–251. | 5 Dalal, P et al. Int J Nephrol. 2011: Article 239515 | 6 Weinhandl, E et al. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 May;23(5):895-904.