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Cross-functional teams: The new IT imperative
"As a startup, all initiatives at home dialysis company Outset are developed by cross-functional teams."
FDA clearance enables Outset Medical to streamline manufacturing
"Another benefit to the FDA clearance is the ability to start using an eco-friendly cartridge sterilization method through E-beam non-ionizing technology."
How cloud-connected dialysis advances home treatment
"It includes a 15-inch filtration system and a cloud-connected user interface, which can deliver patient data and machine maintenance checks."
Health tech: The 15 next big things, from easier dialysis to AI ultrasounds
"But the winners and honorable mentions span a gamut of issues related to medical challenges, including a new device that makes dialysis less of a burden."
Pathways’ Picks November 3: Medicare Pay Rules on Parade
"Two years into its new-technology bonus payment program for renal dialysis tools, CMS will make its first award to Outset Medical’s Tablo home hemodialysis system."
Outset nabs first CMS home dialysis add-on payment, setting up fight with Fresenius
"CMS has named Outset Medical's Tablo portable hemodialysis system as the first device to receive an add-on payment under a recently enacted end-stage renal disease (ESRD) program."
New Tech for Home-Based Dialysis
"For the first time, the agency has qualified a device under a program that awards enhanced payments for innovative tools deemed to improve the clinical experience."
At-Home Dialysis System Gets Landmark Medicare Designation
"Outset’s at-home dialysis system is the first technology approved for Transitional Add-on Payment Adjustment for New and Innovative Equipment and Supplies (TPNIES), a designation created for US Medicare kidney patients."
CMS makes first award under ESRD add-on payment program
"Outset Medical Inc., of San Jose, Calif., snared the first of these novel add-on payments for medical technologies…"
Outset Medical achieves landmark Medicare approval for home dialysis system
"As part of the TPNIES approval, providers will have access to supplemental reimbursement over the next two years to support patients’ use of Tablo at home."
CMS recognizes Outset Medical’s Tablo for special innovation payment
"Nearly 200 comments supportive of Tablo as a significant innovative improvement over the existing technology were submitted."
Disrupting A Stagnant Industry To Meet Patients Where They Are
"Reimagining the future and empowering patients to dialyze on their own schedule at home will require broad commitment across the kidney disease community."
The consumerization of dialysis at home
"In terms of ROI, Outset said Tablo reduces acute labor and supplies cost by up to 80%"
How Attending a Convention Saved Lives During the Pandemic with Faith Lynch, MSN, RN, CNN [VID]
"This revolutionary machine made a profound impact on nurses’ ability to provide care to patients, as well as how it reduced the risk to nurses themselves."
New kidney care coalition tells CMS to break down barriers to in-home dialysis
"A new coalition of healthcare organizations, including Anthem, Outset Medical and Strive Health, is pushing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to make in-home dialysis more accessible."
People moves: John Hopkins, Jack Nathan Health, and more
"Jean-Olivier Racine is joining Outset Medical, the medtech company behind Tablo, a dialysis system that's FDA-cleared for use from the hospital to the home."
Tech Moves: T-Mobile adds former U.S. intelligence director to board; Amazon execs depart; and more
"The former head of engineering and science at Amazon Web Services Health Jean-Olivier Racine joined Outset Medical as its chief technology officer."
Strive Health teams with portable dialysis machine maker Outset Medical for home-based services
"Strive Health will use Outset Medical’s portable dialysis machine, called the Tablo hemodialysis system, to provide patients with kidney care services at their homes."
Podcast: Home Dialysis Machines and Cloud-Computing with Leslie Trigg
"Leslie Trigg, CEO of Outset, the creator of Tablo, a home-based dialysis machine that incorporates cloud-computing technology."
Outset Medical inks multi-year sales agreement with Satellite Healthcare
"Outset Medical along with national not-for-profit kidney care company, Satellite Healthcare announced a joint effort for driving home hemodialysis adoption within the latter's nationwide network of dialysis centers."
Survey Finds Racial Disparities in Path to Dialysis Treatment
"Results of an online survey of patients who had reached end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) illustrate racial disparities in the transition to dialysis and highlight areas for improvement, such as in dialysis education."
[Interview with] Leslie Trigg, CEO at Outset Medical
"Here she discusses her career journey, the technology in place at Outset, and more."
Outset Medical Allies with Home-based Care Coalition
"Outset Medical Inc. has joined the health care coalition Moving Health Home."
Coronavirus News: COVID-19 increases urgency for Tablo Hemodialysis Systems
“With all that kidney failure, New York State secured and distributed 50 dialysis machines from the federal stockpile. They were all Tablo Hemodialysis Systems.”
At Home Dialysis On The Rise
“Tablo combines the technology of multiple machines into one compact, 36-inch-tall unit that is approved for use from the hospital to the home.”
VA Pittsburgh Creates First Dialysis Program for Long-Term Care Unit
“We did this for patient safety,” said Marlene Van Buskirk, dialysis nurse manager. “There shouldn’t be any reason Veterans have to go out for dialysis, especially with the statewide stay-at-home order.”