The home hemodialysis learning tool (HHDLT) is created by Dr. SonaliGupta, Dr. Maureen Brogan and Dr. Deep Sharma, nephrologist at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The main learning objective is to make you confident offering and prescribing home hemodialysis
. The module has 6 main sections
Section 1 is directed at core basic concepts, why to choose home hemodialysis.
Section 2 includes patient selection criteria, patient training and home preparedness.
Section 3 deals with cannulation and access complications.
Section 4 includes different home HD machines and treatment schedule. Section 5 includes writing dialysis prescription and tailoring in different clinical scenarios.
Section 6 deals with billing and documentation.