In 2014, Amber Pettis felt nauseous and tired. She went to see her doctor because she thought she had a stomach bug. Instead, she learned she had kidney failure, a life-altering disease requiring long ...

The American Heart Association (AHA) is throwing their support behind a new initiative to increase the use of home dialysis in patients with advanced kidney disease. In a scientific statement ...

Efforts to increase in-home dialysis in the United States are falling flat, despite financial incentives to encourage the model. That was the finding of a recent study published in JAMA Health Forum.

In a large observational study of patients receiving home kidney dialysis, home hemodialysis was associated with improvements in key cardiovascular outcomes compared with peritoneal dialysis; however, ...

It is feasible and safe to widen the availability of peritoneal dialysis performed at home as initial treatment for patients with advanced chronic renal disease, according to new US research. In a ...

Explore why peritoneal dialysis, a home-based treatment, offers a better quality of life for kidney failure patients despite ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A major patient- and care partner-perceived barrier was fear of performing home dialysis. A key provider barrier ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Patients who underwent home hemodialysis failure had a ...

As patients, physicians, dialysis providers, and payers search for more favorable outcomes in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), alternative dialysis regimens have gained popularity. Among ...

At 2 years after implementation of the ETC pay-for-performance model, home dialysis uptake is still slow with patients and providers both reporting barriers. Financial incentives to increase the use ...

At home, she has a different kind of battle — against her own body. Four days a week, her husband, Ray Dupilka, leaves his job as a county detective and moonlights in health care in the extra bedroom ...

Home hemodialysis (HHD) may offer improved health and quality of life for patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), which affects more than 800,000 Americans. [i] However, due to patient fears ...