Nightingales Home Health Services partners with DaVita for home nephrocare

Come together to launch pre and post dialysis continuum of care and home hemodialysis for patients of end stage renal disease

Nightingales Home Health Services, an enterprise of Medwell Ventures has announced its association with DaVita, a leading global provider of dialysis services. Through this association Nightingales and DaVita come together to launch pre and post dialysis continuum of care and home hemodialysis for patients of end stage renal disease (ESRD) with the entire setup of dialysis being installed at the patient’s home.

Under this partnership, Nightingales would provide a specialised nephro care plan which will include screening of patients for kidney related medical issue, initial clinical assessment, nursing care for pre and post dialysis continuum of care, dietary consultation, diagnostics and physical therapy. In addition for the home hemodialysis programme, DaVita would be responsible for the infrastructure setup including dialysis machine, reverse osmosis ultrafiltration water plant, consumables, etc. Through its technological infrastructure, the DaVita Command Centre will be able to monitor the patient on real time basis, check for alarms, etc. and the staff will be able to converse with the patient via videoconference facility. Nephrologists associated with DaVita will also be available for home consultation for chronic patients with end stage renal disease.

Speaking on the occasion, Lalit Pai, CEO, Nightingales Home Health Services said, “At Nightingales, we strive to provide the most advanced specialty care at home for patients with chronic diseases through the optimal use of technology and clinical expertise. With the rise of chronic kidney disease and long term dialysis requirement, home hemodialysis is a step in that direction. DaVita’s experience and high quality integrated treatment plans in kidney care will be immensely useful for our patients”

Commenting on the partnership, Dr Shriram Vijayakumar, CEO & MD DaVita, India said “We are pleased to associate with Nightingales to bring in our robust home hemodialysis services to India. Technology is rapidly changing in this field. With our global experience, a strong team of dialysis therapists, sound infrastructure and Nightingales expertise in home healthcare we will together create an excellent combination for patient care. ”