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

Survival advantage during early years

Lower Medicare expenditure and decreased hospitalization rate, critical to value-based care

Lower risk of bacteremia and its cardiac and cerebrovascular complications

Improved peritonitis rates

Lower all-cause and cardiovascular mortality for transplant recipients and lower risk of graft failure

Home Hemodialysis: Potential Patient Benefits

Better blood pressure³ and phosphorus control

Improved left ventricular cardiovascular health due to better regulation of blood pressure, optimal volume removal rate and phosphorus control⁶

Better sleep quality³ and shorter post-dialysis recovery time⁶

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..

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Remote Management

In-home technologies that keep patients connected to their nurse on a daily basis and provide enhanced clinical support..

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Telehealth

Mechanisms that enable virtual care and decrease patient clinic visits..

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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.

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Resources

Continuing Education Resources Receive training on home dialysis by nephrologists and surgeons.

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

Home Dialysis Resources to Share with Patients Help patients learn about their treatment options to find one that best fits their lifestyle.

Home Dialysis Resources for Physicians Read more about home hemodialysis (HHD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD).

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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.