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Encouraging Results Show High Level of Satisfaction with Dialysis Care WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, Dialysis Patient Citizens (DPC) released the first data in a series of results from a recent survey of its kidney disease patient membership. The encouraging data highlights a high level of patient satisfaction with the care provided by dialysis facilities. When patients were asked, How would you rate the quality of care you currently receive at your...
LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage® Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced Todd M. Snell has joined the Company as Senior Vice President of Quality Assurance, Regulatory & Clinical Affairs. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110503/MM94799LOGO ) "NxStage has a strong culture of compliance and tradition of high quality and excellence in delivering renal products to patients and...
LAWRENCE, Mass., Sept. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage® Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that it submitted public comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding its Proposed Rule for the Changes to the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System for 2013. NxStage's comments call for CMS to correct the current insufficient and inequitable payments for home hemodialysis...
LAWRENCE, Mass., Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage® Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced that the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) has honored NxStage System One(TM) patient Brian Hess with the Samuel J. Orenstein Award. The award is presented each year to the AAKP member who consistently provides extraordinary service in helping the organization achieve its goals to educate and improve the health...
There has been a three-fold increase in the number of patients receiving acute dialysis because of injury after cardiac and vascular surgeries since 1995, states a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Acute kidney injury is a serious complication after surgery and can lead to death or result in compromised quality of life for people who do survive. Researchers conducted a large study of 552 672 patients in Ontario who had elective major surgery at 118 hospitals...
LONG BEACH, Calif., June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative Dialysis Systems announced today that Anita Lipman, BSN, MS, CNN, has accepted the newly-created position of National Director, Home Dialysis. "We are very pleased that Ms. Lipman has joined our team," said Larry Jones, President and Chief Operating Officer of Innovative Dialysis. "We created the position of National Director, Home Dialysis to help us reinvigorate our focus on home dialysis therapies in the markets that...
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research shows an infection called peritonitis commonly arises in the weeks before many dialysis patients die. The findings suggest that peritonitis may be a deadly condition for some kidney failure patients. Most kidney failure patients on dialysis get their treatments at a clinic, through hemodialysis. But about 10% to 20% receive treatments at home through peritoneal dialysis, where fluids are first pumped into the abdominal cavity to collect wastes from the...
Peritonitis linked to premature death in patients on peritoneal dialysis Highlights: -An infection called peritonitis commonly arises in the weeks before many patients on peritoneal dialysis die. -More studies are needed to determine whether peritonitis causes premature death in dialysis patients. 10% to 20% of dialysis patients receive peritoneal dialysis. An infection called peritonitis commonly arises in the weeks before many dialysis patients die, according to a study...
LAWRENCE, Mass., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- NxStage ® Medical, Inc. (Nasdaq: NXTM), a leading manufacturer of innovative dialysis products, today announced the latest interim findings from its FREEDOM (Following Rehabilitation, Economics and Everyday-Dialysis Outcome Measurements) Study, which found daily home hemodialysis treatments with the NxStage System One(TM) are associated with long-term improvements in various physical and mental quality of life measures. These interim...
(Ivanhoe Newswire )--Heart disease is not only the leading cause of death in the U.S, it’s also the top cause of death for people with chronic kidney disease (CKD). New research shows one type of open heart surgery is safer than another (in terms of both health and survival) for these patients. Open heart surgery can be done two ways. The first way is off-pump. With this technique a surgeon can perform a bypass without stopping the heart. This may help cut down on kidney injuries that...
