List of Hemodialysis Websites

These are some of the best sites I've found for hemodialysis patients and their families. If you know of other sites please let me know by clicking on "comments" below.

• Dialysis Facility Compare
• DialysisEthics.org
• Dialysis Units in the USA
• Independent Dialysis Foundation
• Kidney Directions
• NHS Direct Online Health Encyclopaedia
• RenalWEB
• National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC)
• National Kidney Foundation
• Life Options
• Kidney School™
• Home Dialysis Central
• Forum of End Stage Renal Disease Networks
• America Kidney Fund (AKF)
• American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

RenalWEB

Dialysis Yellow Pages with web links to dialysis companies. RenalWEB promotes on-line education and training for improved patient outcomes and online forums for dialysis professionals.

NHS Direct Online Health Encyclopaedia

This is an encyclopaedia article about dialysis. The site also has many articles on many other medical topics.

Kidney Directions

Baxter Healthcare site provides information on hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, treatment comparisons and costs.

Your dialysis needs may change as time goes by. And if you are already living with one type of dialysis, you may be a candidate for another and not know it. Talk to your doctor about any questions or concerns you have.

Independent Dialysis Foundation

IDF's Mission is to care for people with kidney failure. We do this through operating dialysis facilities providing excellent care and promoting independence and rehabilitation for each patient according to his or her capacities and desires. IDF will train professionals at all levels to provide this care, support their efforts and will pursue continuous improvement in practice and results.

Dialysis Units in the USA

Find dialysis centers.

National Listing of Medicare Providers furnishing kidney dialysis and transplant services based on U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Bureau of Data Management and Strategy in cooperation with The Forum of ESRD Network.

DialysisEthics.org

'Dialysisethics.Org' is designed to serve the dialysis community by providing an independent agency for advocacy and the advancement of dialysis patient's rights.

The site includes a discussion forum for hemodialysis patients.

Dialysis Facility Compare

This site is a must for anyone about to begin dialysis treatments.

The DFC tool was launched on www.medicare.gov providing information on nine facility characteristics and three quality measures on over 3,500 dialysis facilities in the United States.

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC)

The National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC) is an information dissemination service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight health agencies of the Public Health Service, which is under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

NKUDIC was established in 1987 to increase knowledge and understanding about diseases of the kidneys and urologic system among people with these conditions and their families, health care professionals, and the general public. To carry out this mission, NKUDIC works closely with a coordinating panel of representatives from Federal agencies; voluntary organizations on the national level; professional groups; and State health departments to identify and respond to informational needs about kidney and urologic diseases.

National Kidney Foundation

Kidney patient and family education resources. This site has a dialysis cookbook, and lots of other important resources.

Life Options

Life Options is a program of research, research-based education, and outreach founded in 1993 to help people live long and live well with kidney disease. A national panel of doctors, researchers, patients, nurses, social workers, dietitians, and ESRD Network directors reviews all Life Options materials and helps guide research.

Kidney School™

A module at this site that will interest dialysis patients is "Getting Adequate Dialysis."

Healthy kidneys work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Dialysis replaces only a small part of kidney function – so getting adequate treatment is key to living long and living well with kidney disease. All dialysis is not alike: learn what you can do to make sure you get the treatment you need.

Home Dialysis Central

This site is dedicated to making home dialysis more available. Important information at the site includes:

• An up-to-date listing of every center in the U.S. that offers home dialysis
  
• Equipment and new technology that can make home dialysis easy to do
  
• Descriptions of five types of home dialysis
  
• Stories of people who are successfully doing home dialysis
  
• "Ins and outs" of Medicare reimbursement
  
• Resources to help professionals start a home program
  
• Discussion boards where you can talk to other interested people
  
• Pending laws, how they might affect home dialysis, and what you can do

Forum of End Stage Renal Disease Networks

The Forum of End Stage Renal Disease Networks is a nonprofit organization that advocates on behalf of its membership and coordinates projects and activities of mutual interests to ESRD Networks. All 18 ESRD Networks are members of the Forum which facilitates the flow of information and advances a national quality agenda with CMS (the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) and other renal organizations.

The mission of the Forum is to support the End Stage Renal Disease Networks in promoting and improving the quality of care to patients with renal disease, thorough education and the collection, analysis, and dissemination of data and information.

America Kidney Fund (AKF)

The American Kidney Fund is our nation's leading voluntary health organization serving people with and at risk for kidney disease through direct financial assistance, comprehensive education, clinical research and community service programs.

American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP)

This site has an excellent section devoted to patients on dialysis or who have received a kidney transplant.

Resources include:

• End-Stage Renal Disease Magazine
• End-Stage Renal Disease Book
• Dialysis Brochures
• End-Stage Renal Disease Electronic Newsletters
• End-Stage Renal Disease Helpful Tools
• End-Stage Renal Disease Glossary