Burke Rehabilitation is offering hemodialysis treatments for patients admitted to its main hospital located in White Plains. It is the first and only rehabilitation hospital in New York state with on-site dialysis capabilities for post-acute patients with kidney disease and late-stage renal disease.
Hemodialysis is a procedure where a dialysis machine and a special filter are combined to clean a patient’s blood. Previously, hemodialysis patients were required to travel to a third-party facility for these treatments multiple times a week, preventing their admission to Burke. Allowing patients to stay at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital for hemodialysis offers them a single setting for continuous care as well as faster recovery times.
The implementation of on-site dialysis will enable Burke to admit patients with this medical need for the first time. More than 200 patients a year are expected to receive this service, which can be comfortably delivered bedside or in a dialysis suite.
On-site hemodialysis at Burke Rehabilitation Hospital will be provided by Fresenius, one of the largest providers of kidney care services in the nation.
Burke Rehabilitation is a nationally recognized and accredited not-for-profit health-care organization that provides leading physical rehabilitation treatment, research and graduate medical education. It offers a full spectrum of inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation services to improve the quality of life for people following an injury or surgery and those managing symptoms from chronic conditions. Recently ranked as a top rehabilitation hospital by “US News & World Report,” Burke Rehabilitation has the lowest hospital readmission rate in the country and is the largest provider of stroke rehabilitation in New York. In addition to its hospital in White Plains, Burke has 12 outpatient locations in Westchester County, the Hudson Valley, and the Bronx. It is a member of the Montefiore Health System.
