Acute Hospital Dialysis
What makes Renasolve unique is that we can provide integrated turn-key inpatient dialysis solutions for hospitals in addition to 24/7 physician coverage. Most of our competitors only provide tele-medicine services, and the hospitals are responsible for the dialysis.
Why small hospitals don’t have dialysis
Starting a new dialysis program
Bringing acute dialysis services in-house
Renasolve’s turn-key dialysis program
A Closer Look: How We Serve Randolph Health's Nephrology Needs
Renasolve can set-up and maintain an inpatient dialysis program with no up-front capital costs! We have a proven track record for success, and have active dialysis programs in 3 states currently.
Historical reasons why smaller rural hospitals don’t have acute dialysis programs
- Cost: Traditional acute hemodialysis programs require significant up-front capital and infrastructural expenses, with high ongoing operational costs.
- Complexity: Older dialysis machines require highly trained and specialized dialysis nurses, which are difficult to recruit in rural markets.
- Volumes: Due to the high costs, high inpatient dialysis volumes have been historically required for financial viability.
- Inadequate physician coverage: Acute dialysis requires 24/7 nephrologist availability for patient safety reasons. A fully engaged medical director is also critical for program success.
- Lack of technical expertise: An acute dialysis program requires a multidisciplinary team with nephrologist leadership to ensure high quality patient care, low operational costs and continual survey readiness. Many hospitals don’t have the required dialysis-specific expertise internally to have successful inpatient dialysis.
Why there is no better time for hospitals to establish a dialysis program with Renasolve
- Improved local patient access to care: It is becoming increasingly challenging for patients and families to travel long distances to urban centers to get essential nephrology care.
- Increased revenue: Rural hospitals are under unprecedented financial pressures currently, and a nephrology & dialysis service line can generate significant revenue with no start-up capital costs or equipment purchases.
- Increased difficulty in transferring patients out of the ED due to bed constraints at larger hospitals. This is a significant patient safety issue if an accepting hospital with dialysis cannot be found in a timely manner
- Simple to use dialysis equipment with flexible hospital staffing solutions
- Improved Tele-medicine Technology: This can ensure 24/7 nephrologist availability without any gaps in coverage
- The hospital can purchase the dialysis equipment, or Renasolve can provide it for a low monthly fee.
- Availability for hospital to purchase dialysis-related disposables through Renasolve if desired at our preferred pricing with no mark-up
- Medical Directorship and quality oversight over all aspects of the dialysis program to ensure constant survey readiness
- Critical access hospitals can increase swing bed utilization by accepting patients on dialysis
Advantages of bringing an outsourced acute dialysis program in-house
- Significant cost savings: An in-house dialysis program can generate up to a 50-60% annual savings compared to an out-sourced acute dialysis provider
- Cost predictability: Hospitals are not vulnerable to sudden dramatic cost increases by the service provider
- Long-term stability: Due to financial and staffing challenges, dialysis companies are unilaterally terminating hundreds of hospital dialysis contracts annually across the country. Having an in-house dialysis program eliminates that risk.
- Optimized workflow & efficiency: Integrating dialysis into the patient’s acute care plan allows for more timely discharges, improved coordination with other procedures, etc.
- Improved patient and staff satisfaction with the inpatient dialysis experience
- Alignment with long-term strategic goals: With Renasolve’s comprehensive model, nephrology and dialysis services can be seamlessly added to hospitals within a larger system. Integrating dialysis services across multiple hospitals can generate significant cost savings and improve efficiency.
Renasolve's Acute Dialysis
Bridging the Gap with 24/7 In-Hospital Nephrology Support.
Renasolve’s comprehensive approach to acute dialysis services
- Medical director oversight with monthly quality meetings including on-site visits
- Policies & Procedures for acute dialysis
- Work closely with the dialysis machine manufacturer on all operational aspects of the program
- Dedicated Renasolve acute dialysis nurse manager that works closely with the local staff
- Comprehensive training and education program for local hospital staff
- Oversight of ongoing dialysis staffing competencies
- Collaborate with the hospital compliance team to maintain continual survey readiness
- Engage with material management to optimize ongoing supply costs and inventory par levels
- Work with hospital departments to create a multidisciplinary fully engaged dialysis program
- Nursing: develop staffing models and workflow
- Information Technology: acute dialysis order sets
- Pharmacy: nephrology-related medications
- Laboratory Services
- Biomed Education
- Infection Control
