Fresenius Kidney Care Joins Forces with The Johns Hopkins Hospital To Expand & Enhance Critical Kidney Care Services for Balt...
December 22 2016 - 4:34PM
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Eight New Area Dialysis Centers Offer Full
Range of Kidney Care Including Maryland’s Only Dedicated Center for
Treating Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
People with kidney failure in Baltimore and the surrounding area
can now access dialysis treatments and a full spectrum of enhanced
kidney care services at eight new care centers, all through a
collaboration between Fresenius Kidney Care and The Johns Hopkins
Hospital. With convenient locations in Baltimore, Dundalk and
Lutherville-Timonium, the collaboration also includes Maryland’s
only center dedicated to treating children with chronic kidney
disease.
“These new facilities have features that will enhance our
patients’ dialysis experience,” said Bill Valle, executive vice
president of Fresenius Medical Care North America and president of
Fresenius Kidney Care. “Our vision behind these centers aligns the
values we share with The Johns Hopkins Hospital to improve the
quality of life of every patient, every day. We are excited to join
forces with one of the leading and preeminent institutions in the
United States in our effort to empower patients throughout their
individual journeys so they can continue living life, doing what is
important to them and thriving.”
Fresenius Kidney Care is the nation’s premier network of
dialysis facilities and is a business unit of Fresenius Medical
Care North America, the nation’s leading provider of integrated
renal care services. The new centers feature state-of-the-art
offerings including overnight dialysis, individual media systems
and heated, reclining massage chairs to enhance the patient
experience.
The new facilities are part of the network that achieved the
country’s largest number of top-rated Five-Star dialysis centers,
based on the Dialysis Facility Compare Five-Star Quality Rating
System issued by the federal government’s Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS). Fresenius Kidney Care’s latest Five-Star
rating builds on a track record of success. Each year since 2006,
the company has helped patients live longer and spend less time in
the hospital, improving mortality rates of its dialysis patients
and lowering the average time spent in a hospital setting by
two-and-a-half days.
The Johns Hopkins Hospital physicians will oversee the
management of the centers’ medical operations. Dr. Paul Scheel,
division chief of the nephrology department at The Johns Hopkins
Hospital and vice president of the Johns Hopkins Physicians, will
work alongside the medical directors of the new hemodialysis
facilities.
“Chronic kidney disease is a considerable, but unrecognized
health issue in this country,” said Dr. Scheel. “We are pleased to
be a part of this initiative, dedicated to providing optimal
dialysis services to our patients.”
An outpatient pediatric hemodialysis unit will be located at The
Johns Hopkins Hospital, the only dialysis center in the state of
Maryland dedicated to treating children with chronic kidney
disease. The center, located at 1800 Orleans Street, will also have
an area dedicated to serving patients receiving in-center dialysis
and another for people who are on home dialysis.
The other seven dialysis centers are:
- Fresenius Kidney Care Caroline
Street, 409 North Caroline Street, Baltimore
- Fresenius Kidney Care Fleet
Street, 3700 Fleet Street, Baltimore
- Fresenius Kidney Care Dundalk,
1732 Merritt Boulevard, Dundalk
- Fresenius Kidney Care Lutheran
Greenspring Drive, 1940 Greenspring Drive,
Lutherville-Timonium
- Fresenius Kidney Care Nashua
Court, 3 Nashua Court, Baltimore
- Fresenius Kidney Care Broadway
Street, 1900 North Broadway, Baltimore
- Fresenius Kidney Care Eastern
Avenue, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore
Dialysis is a medical treatment for individuals with kidney
failure and end stage renal disease that uses sophisticated medical
machines to replace many of the kidney’s essential functions
required for survival. The dialysis process filters harmful wastes,
salt and excess fluid from an individual’s blood, restoring a
normal, healthy balance. The majority of patients receive treatment
at a dialysis center three times a week, with each session lasting
approximately four hours. Today, more than 450,000 people in the
United States are on dialysis.
About Fresenius Kidney Care
Fresenius Kidney Care, a division of Fresenius Medical Care
North America (FMCNA), provides dialysis treatment and services to
nearly 200,000 people with kidney disease at more than 2,200
facilities nationwide. Fresenius Kidney Care supports people by
helping to address both the physical and emotional aspects of
kidney disease through personalized care, education and lifestyle
support services so they can lead meaningful and fulfilling
lives.
Fresenius Kidney Care patients have access to FMCNA’s integrated
network of kidney care services ranging from cardiology and
vascular care to pharmacy and lab services as well as urgent care
centers and the country’s largest practice of hospitalist and
post-acute providers.
As a leader in renal care technology, innovation and clinical
research, FMCNA’s more than 67,000 employees are dedicated to the
mission of delivering superior care that improves the quality of
life for people with kidney disease. For more information about
Fresenius Kidney Care, visit www.freseniuskidneycare.com, like us
on Facebook at facebook.com/FreseniusKidneyCare and follow us on
Twitter at twitter.com/FreseniusKC.
About Fresenius Medical Care North America
Fresenius Medical Care North America is the premier health care
company focused on providing the highest quality care to people
with renal and other chronic conditions. Through its
industry-leading network of dialysis centers, outpatient cardiac
and vascular labs and urgent care centers, as well as the
continent’s largest practice of hospitalist and post-acute
providers, Fresenius Medical Care North America provides
coordinated health care services at pivotal care points for
hundreds of thousands of chronically ill customers.
As the world’s largest fully vertically integrated renal
company, it offers specialty pharmacy and laboratory services, and
manufactures and distributes the most comprehensive line of
dialysis equipment, disposable products and renal pharmaceuticals.
For more information, visit www.FMCNA.com.
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