Articles

February 1, 2010
Dialysis patient advocates for home treatment

November 2009
Kidney Konnections: Focused on Dialysis Options
Grant Bennett at BAACKP

AT HOME with aakp, November 2009
Dialysis While You Sleep - An Alternative Therapy

Journal & Courier Online, August 18, 2009
Portable dialysis treatment helping patients

WLFI-TV News Channel 18, May 26, 2009
Daily home hemodialysis as a treatment option

Italian Tribune, April, 23 2009
Kidney Specialist Now a Patient

ABC 7 News, December 2008
Satellite Healthcare/Affymax Hematide Clinical Trials
By Carolyn Johnson

Renal Business Today, December 2008
Keeping the Momentum
By Keith Chartier

ABC 7 News, May 2008
NxStage/WellBound
By Carolyn Johnson

CBS Radio, April 2008
Issues Program: Self Dialysis (MP3)
By Walt Shaw

Vallejo Times-Herald, March 28, 2008
Compassionate care at home
By Tony Burchyns

San Mateo County Times, March 2008
Despite advantages, home dialysis slow to grow
By Suzanne Bohan

San Mateo Daily News, February 2008
Home dialysis offers new lease on life
By Suzanne Bohan

At Home with AAKP, October 2007
Increasing Self-Care Dialysis Adoption: The Role of Patient Education and Identification
By Maureen Holland, RN, CNN and Ginger Myers, RN

Health Executive, October 2007
Corporate Spotlight: Satellite Healthcare
By Kristine Ellis

Sacramento Business Journal, October 19, 2007
Kidney Dialysis Treatment Makes House Calls
By Kathy Robertson

Part Two of Nephronline’s Renal Business Blog about WellBound
How home treatment has really changed the lives of dialysis patients. CEO Marc Branson told Nephronline.com he prefers to work with “nephrology evangelists” who share his mindset. He wants patients to be literate and for education to begin well before treatment. This could be where the importance of joint ventures with community clinics come in.

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Excerpt from "The Renal Business Beat" a Weekly Blog
Set out to change the lives of ESRD patients, WellBound, the Nation's first chain of home dialysis clinics, is offering education and training about chronic kidney disease and dialysis option.
By Bittina Larson, Nephronline.com Assistant Editor

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Newstalk 1530 KFBK, Sacramento, October 17, 2007
Optimism in the medical community that home dialysis machines will give those who have kidney problems a better life. The devices are rolling out this week in Sacramento. KFBK's Erin Covey spoke to one couple who is going to try a home device in this in-depth report. (MP3) By Erin Covey

Renal Business Today, May 2007
Pre-Dialysis CKD Patient Education
By Marc Branson

Renal Business Today September/October 2006
Interview with WellBound CEO Marc Branson