Dialysis Facilities in East Chicago, Indiana
2 dialysis facilities found, showing 1 - 2
 Davita - East Chicago Chain: Davita Location: 4320 Fir Street Suite 404, East Chicago, Indiana, 46312 Rating: Phone: (219) 397-1199 |
FMC - East Chicago Dialysis Center Chain: Fresenius Medical Care Location: 1207 East Chicago Avenue, East Chicago, Indiana, 46312 Rating: Phone: (219) 397-7751 |
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New intervention combines social media with behavioral psychology to encourage more HIV testing
Social media such as Twitter and Facebook can be valuable in the fight against HIV in the United States, where research has demonstrated they can prompt high-risk populations to request at-home testing kits for the virus that causes AIDS, suggesting a way to potentially boost testing rates.
Optima MR450w wide bore MR system from GE Healthcare to cater to the needs of obese and claustrophobic patients
As the need for wider MR systems increases, the industry has grappled over technology barriers preventing larger systems from offering advanced image quality. Addressing this issue, GE Healthcare introduces Optima MR450w, an MR system with a wider bore that provides the most advanced image quality, and in less scans.
Mississippi challenge to health law will move forward
Elsewhere, the Washington state attorney general gets approval from his state's supreme court for joining with other AGs to challenge the law.
FIT Biotech to present results of FIT-06 Phase II clinical trial at XVIII International AIDS 2010 Conference
FIT Biotech, a privately held biotechnology company developing novel, proprietary immunotherapies for HIV/AIDS and other viral diseases, announced results today from a Phase II clinical trial. The company's immunomodulator FIT-06 showed unprecedented long-term reductions in viral load (approximately 0.5 log) and statistically significant CD4 cell count increases in HIV-infected, previously untreated patients. The effect lasted longer than two years in the absence of any anti-retroviral therapy.
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Dialysis Facility
Dialysis is used as a temporary measure in either acute kidney injury or in those awaiting kidney transplant and as a permanent measure in those for whom a transplant is not indicated or not possible. Dialysis facility in medicare covers outpatient maintenance dialysis treatments, training for self-dialysis, self-dialysis support services and self-dialysis equipment and supplies. In some cases, Medicare may cover ambulance transportation when the patient has End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD), need dialysis, and need ambulance transportation to or from a dialysis facility.
Medicare Star Ratings
The star rating shows how well a dialysis center delivers care compared to the national average, based on Medicare data. Each dialysis center receives a rating between 1 and 5 stars, with 3 stars representing the national average. A five-star rating means a center has quality of care that is considered 'much above average' compared to other dialysis facilities. A one or two-star rating means that measured health outcomes for that center were below average. The star rating is part of Medicare's work to make data on the quality of patient care easier to understand and use. Patient survey results aren't included in the star rating.