Tag Archives: patient-centered care

Dialysis and AMA

Posted on October 19, 2012 by DevonTexas

Eileen Boyle, MSW, authored an article in the August issue of RBT+ (a digital magazine published by RenalBusiness.com) about keeping patients in their prescribed treatment for the entire duration.  The point is that all too often patients don’t stay for … Continue reading →

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Dialysis and EMR

Posted on October 3, 2012 by DevonTexas

I want to bring this posting in another blog to your attention.  It’s “Mind the Gap” and is an excellent point about Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and how you can use those to your advantage.  It’s from Steve Wilkins, MPH. … Continue reading →

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Dialysis and THANK YOU!

Posted on September 27, 2012 by DevonTexas

Yesterday, Sept 26, 2012 was the greatest number of viewers on one day since I started this blog and, obviously, that wouldn’t have been possible without you.  So, thank you for reading my blog. I like to think I’m helping … Continue reading →

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Dialysis “Zombies”

Posted on September 23, 2012 by DevonTexas

In my previous post about “Patient-Centered Care“, I wrote about being a kidney (CKD) patient for nearly a decade before I went on dialysis and how little I was informed about my condition and it’s inevitable end as ESRD.  In … Continue reading →

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Promises, Promises!

Posted on September 22, 2012 by DevonTexas

I promise tomorrow to release my post about Patient-Centered Care! You’ll love it. It’ll be worth the wait. In the meantime, my latest blog is about “Fluid Control“…. yes, again!  It’s a problem and always will be for me! DevonTexas … Continue reading →

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Dialysis and more Dreams

Posted on September 6, 2012 by DevonTexas

This is a follow up to the previous post, “Dialysis and Dreaming” wherein I wrote about my dreams for an ideal center and pointed to Dialyspa as an example of a step in the right direction. When I went for … Continue reading →

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Dialysis and Dreaming

Posted on September 4, 2012 by DevonTexas

Update: 9/6/12: I am writing a follow up to this piece and expanding on the ideas in this post.  Watch this space! I hope to be finished today.  While seated in my chair, one arm tethered to a machine and … Continue reading →

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Dialysis and a New Center

Posted on July 24, 2012 by DevonTexas

(This posting is a follow up to a previous post called “Dialysis and the Center from Hell Part 2“.  You don’t have to read it to understand this post but it’ll make more sense when you do.) When I made … Continue reading →

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No blogs this week (updated)

Posted on July 20, 2012 by DevonTexas

See the update below… You’ll have to excuse me.  I’m not planning to blog for most of this week.  I am going to dialysis on first shift to fill in for another patient on vacation and I’m researching for some … Continue reading →

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