When home dialysis is done right, care partners quickly discover they are becoming an integral part of the process as engaged, informed participants rather than uninformed outside observers. By knowing more, care partners can worry a lot less.
For folks on the transplant waiting list, the wait from now on should be less disruptive. Life should be more pleasant. And all things being equal, one’s condition going into a transplant should be better.
Neurologists and health care practitioners must evolve with the world. Telemedicine carts assist in this evolution by serving as an intermediary between patients and doctors.
Opsonix, a Cambridge spinout based on technology from Harvard University, just raised $8 million in a Series A for its device that filters a variety of pathogens from the bloodstream - preventing diseases like sepsis from becoming full-blown.
Outset Medical just raised $60 million - and possibly more - to build out its at-home dialysis machine for patients with kidney failure.