Home patient care

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The PHV- Der Dialysepartner Patient-Heimversorgung (PHV) is a non-profit foundation based in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , which, according to its own information, operates as the second largest German dialysis provider and in particular promotes home dialysis.

The foundation was established in 1973 with the aim of promoting the care and care of patients, those in need of assistance and care; the first dialysis center was opened in 1974. Today (as of 2017) the PHV supplies more than 7,000 dialysis patients in Germany , Austria and Switzerland in cooperation with over 150 cooperating specialists in internal medicine and nephrology (kidney medicine ) . The PHV operates dialysis centers and supraregional training centers for home dialysis, which are managed by the administration in Bad Homburg. According to its own information, it employs more than 1,900 people.

Locations

Dialysis centers

Germany

Austria

Switzerland

The PHV offers holiday dialysis at all locations.

National home dialysis training centers

The supraregional home dialysis training centers are used to train patients and relatives in home dialysis and also to provide advanced training for doctors and nurses. Patients can be referred from their dialysis center to the training centers for a certain period of time and then come back again. Follow training centers exist, all of which, with the exception of Bad Mergentheim, are located in the respective dialysis center.

Medical care centers (non-profit)

The PHV also operates non-profit medical care centers in which several medical departments usually work together. The core areas of PHV, nephrology and dialysis , are always part of the non-profit medical care centers. There are medical care centers of the PHV at the following locations:

  • MVZ Hamburg-Langenhorn

Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases and a practice for psychotherapy . The Hamburg-Nord dialysis center is spatially connected.

Consists of a practice for psychotherapy.

  • MVZ Hamburg in the Alstertal

Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases and a practice for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. The dialysis center Hamburg in the Alstertal is spatially connected.

  • MVZ Hamburg-Sinstorf

Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases and a practice for psychotherapy. The Hamburg-Sinstorf dialysis center is spatially connected.

  • MVZ Halberstadt and Oschersleben

Locations: Halberstadt and Aschersleben; consists of a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases. The dialysis centers Halberstadt and Oschersleben are spatially connected.

  • MVZ Bad Harzburg and Goslar

Locations: Bad Harzburg and Goslar; Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases, heart and vascular diseases and stomach and intestinal diseases and a practice for general medicine . The dialysis centers Bad Harzburg and Goslar are spatially connected.

  • MVZ Kassel-Herkulesstrasse

Parts are a specialized practice for nephrology and hypertensiology (medicine of hypertensive diseases) and a practice for psychotherapy and clinical neuropsychology . The Kassel dialysis center is spatially connected.

  • MVZ Eschwege

Locations: Eschwege and Witzenhausen; Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases and a practice for psychotherapy and clinical neuropsychology. The dialysis centers Eschwege and Witzenhausen are spatially connected.

  • MVZ Bachstrasse in Bad Rothenfelde

Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension and a practice for general medicine. The dialysis center Bad Rothenfelde is spatially connected.

  • MVZ Herford-Bünde

Locations: Herford and Bünde; Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases and a practice for gynecology and obstetrics. The Herford and Bünde dialysis centers are spatially connected.

  • MVZ Dresden-Friedrichstadt

Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases and a practice for psychotherapy. The Dresden-Friedrichstadt Dialysis Center is spatially connected.

  • MVZ Backnang

Locations: Backnang, Marbach and Winnenden; Parts are a practice for internal medicine and a practice for anesthesiology . The dialysis centers Backnang, Marbach and Winnenden are spatially connected.

  • MVZ Waiblingen

Locations: Waiblingen and Winnenden; Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension diseases and a practice for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy. The Waiblingen dialysis center is spatially connected.

  • MVZ Paderborn

Locations: Paderborn and Bad Wünnenberg; Parts are a practice for kidney and hypertension disorders. The Paderborn and Bad Wünnenberg dialysis centers are spatially connected.

Institute for Further Education (ifw)

The PHV set up the ifw in 1996 to train employees in health facilities, especially in dialysis. The following training centers are available for this purpose:

  • Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (ifw headquarters)
  • Hamburg
  • Stuttgart
  • Leipzig
  • Bielefeld
  • Limburg

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Structure / organization , brief description on the PHV website (accessed on March 11, 2009).
  2. About us: PHV - Der Dialysepartner , brief description on the PHV website (accessed on March 11, 2009).