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The SHARESOURCE platform was developed with 3 primary objectives: to improve clinician confidence to send dialysis patients home, to enable patients to extend their time on home dialysis therapy, and to generate operational savings.

The Sharesource features intended to improve clinician confidence include the organization and presentation of the treatment data to the clinician in a timely manner for assessment, allowing the clinician to review the treatment results, assess the therapy, and evaluate patient status and compliance. Sharesource also provides the clinician with the ability to remotely adjust the device settings as needed to maintain the appropriate therapy for their patients. While Sharesource supports the clinician, it is not intended to be a substitute for clinical practice, nor does it create decisions or treatment pathways.

The communications between the patient’s cycler and Sharesource is intended to support the patient by giving them assurance that there is an ongoing connection with their clinician. They know that their clinician is monitoring their status and that potential issues can be identified for proactive therapy management. Sharesource is also designed to reduce the burden on the patient by replacing manual record keeping with the automated data capture and transfer of their therapy information to their clinician. This can be beneficial when working with their clinician to troubleshoot issues or when preparing for their periodic clinic visits.

Sharesource is also designed to deliver operational savings by allowing clinicians to assess therapy success without relying on direct patient communications. The clinicians can review the patient’s treatment data on their schedule from any location where they can access the internet through a browser. Because the treatment data are automatically transferred to Sharesource through a secure interface with the patient’s cycler, manual data entry and the potential associated errors are reduced. Finally, Sharesource may also reduce the amount of paperwork a clinic has to manage by digitizing the patient run sheets.