Kidney School

11/11/2025

Home hemodialysis offers so many benefits, including the flexibility to travel! Register now for tomorrow’s interactive webinar to learn from current home dialysis patients (and a care partner) about their own travel experiences, discover tips and tricks to make travel as smooth as possible, and ask questions in the live chat! Whether you’re a patient, caregiver, or provider, this webinar is for you!

Register by clicking here (and please repost!): https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7YfC1L9pR5mM0L3iU1_HyA

10/23/2025

Looking for a great read for International Infection Prevention Week?

Check out this week’s blog by Keith Edwards, RN, BSN, on Home Dialysis Central:

https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/667-beyond-the-basics-advanced-dialysis-equipment-needs-smart-care

Attention to detail is what keeps patients safe, especially when it comes to disinfecting and maintaining dialysis equipment as technology advances!

10/21/2025

Our recent webinar, “Navigating Infection Prevention for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Environments," was a great success! Our SMEs, Michelle Gilliland, MSN, RN, CNN, BSBA, FANNA, and Clarica Douglas-Ajayi, CHT, did a fantastic job sharing their expertise with our listeners!

In case you would like to see it again (or if you missed it on October 14th), you can view the full recording from this link:
https://youtu.be/5VyTyihthVI

Feel free to share the webinar link with colleagues or friends who might also benefit from the information and insights presented during the session!

Engaging webinar on infection prevention in PD with our featured speakers: Michelle Gilliland, MSN, RN, CNN, BSBA, FANNA (ANNA National President-Elect) and ...

10/17/2025

This week's KidneyViews blog, courtesy of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), highlights the critical need to support the bipartisan CONNECT for Health Act, which would make telehealth flexibilities permanent. Telehealth has become essential for kidney patients, but many Medicare flexibilities expired on October 1st, risking patients' access to the care they depend on.

Read the full blog here https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/666-act-now-kidney-patients-could-lose-telehealth-coverage and take action by telling Congress to protect telehealth through the NKF Action Alert! https://kidney.quorum.us/campaign/126818/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=voices&utm_content=telehealth_ending

10/14/2025

Join our webinar TONIGHT to learn everything you ever wanted to know about "Navigating Infection Prevention for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Environments!"

Our SMEs, Michelle Gilliland, MSN, RN, CNN, BSBA, FANNA - ANNA National President-Elect, and Clarica Douglas-Ajayi, CHT - NANT President 2025-2026, are looking forward to sharing their knowledge and answering your questions in the live chat!
How to get ready:

1. Take a brief pre-event survey about key topics for the webinar: bit.ly/3W8GW5n
2. Register now by clicking this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LqVIv44mTqqLyxAF95Yd8A

10/13/2025

What are you doing tomorrow night? We have an informative and entertaining webinar planned for you - "Navigating Infection Prevention for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Environments" - so make sure you register using the link below!

You can ask questions in the live chat and get immediate answers from our SMEs! Honestly, you don't want to miss this opportunity!

How to get ready:
1. Take a brief pre-event survey about key topics for the webinar: bit.ly/3W8GW5n
2. Register now by clicking this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LqVIv44mTqqLyxAF95Yd8A

10/10/2025

We're getting close! Only 4 more days until our "Navigating Infection Prevention for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Environments" webinar!

How to get ready:
1. Take a brief pre-event survey about key topics for the webinar: http://bit.ly/3W8GW5n
2. Register now by clicking this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LqVIv44mTqqLyxAF95Yd8A

10/07/2025

Have you marked your calendars yet? "Navigating Infection Prevention for Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) Environments" is happening one week from today! We're excited to welcome our featured speakers, Michelle Gilliland, MSN, RN, CNN, BSBA, FANNA, and Clarica Douglas-Ajayi, CHT, as they share expert insights on infection prevention in the PD environment.

How to get ready:
1. Take a brief pre-event survey about key topics for the webinar: bit.ly/3W8GW5n
2. Register now by clicking this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LqVIv44mTqqLyxAF95Yd8A

10/06/2025

Join MEI on October 14th at 6 PM EST for an engaging webinar on practical infection prevention in PD! Through expert insights and practical takeaways, you can learn how to create safer, more effective PD environments.

How to get ready:
1. Take a short pre-event survey about key topics that will be discussed during the webinar: bit.ly/3W8GW5n
2. Register for the webinar by clicking this link: https://us06web.zoom.us/.../reg.../WN_LqVIv44mTqqLyxAF95Yd8A

09/29/2025

TOMORROW AFTERNOON you can hear real patient stories and practical tips for a smooth transition from PD to Home HD!

Register for our webinar using this link: https://lnkd.in/eNZr7Nu3

This webinar is great for people on dialysis and their family members, dialysis nurses and technicians, and social workers! We hope to see you there!

08/27/2025

DEADLINE: THIS FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 2025!
Every voice matters! Our Executive Director, Dori Schatell, MS, wrote an inspiring KidneyViews blog about how we ALL can help ensure that patients with kidney failure have real choices in their dialysis treatment!
Click over to the blog - https://homedialysis.org/news-and-research/blog/659-kidney-failure-treatments-guarantee-patients-a-real-choice - then scroll to the bottom to find a link to submit your Comment to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services about why this topic is important to YOU! Then please share with as many people as possible - let's have our advocacy make a difference for all ESRD patients!

03/25/2025

The Countdown Begins! Our webinar is LIVE TODAY at 4:00 pm EST/3:00 pm CST/2:00 pm MST/1:00 PST! Don't miss this opportunity to elevate your knowledge about PD and nocturnal HHD. Click the link below to secure your spot...we promise it'll be the highlight of your week!

https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nnWIBNEVSiWlYXZEy-9-Kg