WIHI - A Podcast from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement

Date: July 13, 2017 Featuring: Kedar Mate, MD, Chief Innovation and Education Officer, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) ​Kavita Bhavan, MD, MHS, Director of Infectious Diseases/OPAT Clinic, Parkland Center for High Impact Clinical Outcomes Studies, Associate Professor Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center​ Alex Anderson, Research Associate, IHI Patients undergoing dialysis typically do so in a hospital or health care facility. Most people don't question the need to have experienced health care staff on hand or what's considered a safe environment for the treatments. But that might be changing. A growing number of patients in Sweden have 24/7 access to special units at health systems where they schedule and conduct their hemodialysis themselves. And, inspired by Sweden, a small number of US nephrology centers are trying something similar. Even more ambitious: One of the largest safety net hospitals in the US has been teaching a few thousand patients how to administer their own IV a