New data from SHARESOURCE remote patient management technology to improve peritoneal dialysis is presented by Baxter International at Congress of the European Renal Association and European Dialysis and Transplant Association.

Baxter International Inc., a global innovator in renal care, presented new data demonstrating the abilities of its SHARESOURCE remote patient management technology to improve peritoneal dialysis (PD) patient care and increase dialysis clinic efficiencies. The findings were shared at the 54th Congress of the European Renal Association and European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA), June 3-6.

Data show SHARESOURCE, a unique two-way, cloud-based technology platform that comes with the HOMECHOICE CLARIA automated PD (APD) system, is offering healthcare providers more accurate and timely visibility to their patients� therapy adherence, allowing earlier discovery and intervention for clinical issues (Abstract MP557).

Additional data show the technology is associated with nurses gaining as much as 35 percent more time to perform proactive patient-related work (Abstract SP50).The discrepancy between actual APD treatment time compared with prescribed treatment time (Abstract MP557) was evaluated, because non-adherence (missing more than 10% of prescribed PD therapy is associated with poor clinical outcomes, including, but not limited to peritonitis. The study included 399 European APD patients using remote patient management over a one-year period, and showed an average of 30 percent of patients were non-adherent in the first month on therapy.

An additional study determined remote patient management is associated with a change in the PD nursing paradigm, providing nurses more time to focus on proactive clinical management and better prioritize patients, and potentially support earlier interventions (Abstract #SP508). The observational study included more than 36 hours of monitoring the work routines of three PD nurses, each working at a different hospital. The nurses� work routines were observed prior to the use of remote patient management and after the technology was established at their facilities.