Rubin Dialysis Center

Who is your hero? NxStage understands the important role home hemodialysis nurses play in helping manage a patient’s health and wants to recognize their role in making a difference in patients’ lives. Wouldn't you like to nominate a Rubin nurse in NxStage’s first Nurse Hero Contest? NxStage will compile all the nominees and post them on its web site and then collect votes during the next couple of weeks. The winning nurse will be announced the second week of October and will be featured in a NxStage video. Click on the link below to cast your vote for your favorite Rubin nurse.

Nominate your HHD nurse hero today! Nominate your HHD nurse today to be recognized as the NxStage Nurse Hero of the Year!

All of us at the Rubin Center join the family of Heidi Bennett in deeply mourning her passing on July 29. Heidi was a long-time, dedicated member of our clinical staff in our Clifton Park Center. Heidi gave so much to so many patients; she was a very kind person and was supportive of her coworkers. We will miss her very much. We will honor her life with a donation to the Dove Memorial Scholarship Fund set up in her daughter's memory. Our deepest sympathies to her family and many friends.

Wayne Evancoe, CEO
On behalf of the Board, Management and Staff
of the Rubin Dialysis Center, Inc.

This powerful NxStage video will show you how one man found his path with home dialysis...

ww2.nxstage.com Home hemodialysis is a different way of doing hemodialysis. Instead of having to go to a dialysis center 3 times a week for treatments that are about 4 hours long, a person doing home hemodialysis does his or her treatments at home. There are different types and schedules of home hemodialysis, but t…

The Hortense and Louis Rubin Dialysis Centers, Inc. would like to recognize Patient Care Technician Joe Palmo for his assistance with the Five Diamond Program. Please help us thank Joe for his continued effort in helping the Rubin Dialysis Centers maintain excellence in our continued vigilance to improve patient and staff care and safety. We appreciate the time he has put in to helping us maintain this prestigious honor. We understand the requirements of this difficult task and would like to honor his commitment towards our shared goal once again.

Don't forget to register for our May 29 open house at the Holiday Inn Express in Latham. We'll answer all your questions about home dialysis. Call Shari Meola at (518) 831-6700 to register.

Please plan to join us on Thursday, May 29 at 5 pm at the Holiday Inn Express in Latham to learn about the life-changing benefits of dialysis. Does treatment interfere with your personal time? Do you feel tired after treatment? Does treatment interfere with your job or your ability to work, or impact your ability to travel? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, home hemodialysis may be a good option for you.

If you plan to attend, please register with Shari Meola at [email protected] or at (518) 831-6700 by May 22.

Just to clarify what was said in a recent news article, the acquisition of Rubin by DCI was never over a matter of losing jobs. It was a positive step by the Rubin board of directors to ensure stability and secure our quality delivery system for the future. Rubin is very solvent and never contemplated cutting staff.

Hey, friends, help us support 8-year-old Kaitlyn, who is walking in the Northeast Kidney Foundation's 5k fundraiser on June 8 for her Grandma, Kathleen Bevan. Kathleen has been a patient in our Troy center for 5+ years. If you want to support Kaitlyn with a donation, let us and we'll tell you how.

Special thanks to our staff members who make home dialysis possible for our patients!

We’re joining our partners at NxStage Medical by marking today as National Home Hemodialysis Day to increase awareness of the health and lifestyle benefits possible with home dialysis treatment. We encourage our home dialysis patients and their care partners to share their inspiring stories, videos and photos on social media channels using the hashtag . And to our awesome staff members who make home dialysis possible for our patients, we salute you!

You can learn more about home dialysis on the Rubin website.

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More St. Patrick's Day fun!

The staff at all three centers celebrated St. Patrick's Day with their patients today, enjoying a special lunch and some fun attire.

As we celebrate National Social Workers and Dietitians Month, we want to recognize the Rubin social workers and dietitians for the integral part they play on our patient care team. Our patients benefit from your expertise and compassion every day! Thank you for your dedication to our patients and their families.

-From the Board, Management Team and Staff of The Rubin Dialysis Centers, Inc.

News alert: The Rubin Center is planning to partner with Dialysis Clinic Inc. (DCI), the nation’s largest not-for-profit dialysis provider. Learn more on our website.

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We're excited to announce that our new website is now live! Be sure to check out all the information we've shared there -- from details on the various therapies we offer to educational resources to nutrition info to news about what's happening at Rubin. Let us know what you think!

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Rubin Dialysis has been recognized as a Five-Diamond Patient Safety Facility by IPRO, a national organization that supports health care quality improvement. According to IPRO, “Five-Diamond Facilities and their staff display a genuine concern for the quality of patient safety and have taken extra steps to ensure the best for their patients.” Congratulations to the Rubin team!

Scenes from the Rubin Holiday Party.

This evening the Rubin management team is hosting a Staff Appreciation Dinner at Panza’s Restaurant on Saratoga Lake.
With festive décor, excellent food by Panza’s, and door prizes -- as well as some karaoke by talented staff -- we plan on enjoying an evening of thanking staff members for making a big difference in patients’ lives every day. The best care is given by dedicated, motivated people, and our Rubin staff is one of the best examples of that!

Even the witches and warlocks (the Rubin Dialysis Centers management team) got into the costume craze for Halloween!

WE LOVE Halloween!! In fact, we stretch our Halloween celebration out over two days so that we can involve all of our patients and all of our staff. We share cider and cider donuts. We dress up and we have some fantastic pumpkin artists!

Each Rubin center picks a theme and then they decorate and dress up in the themes. This year Troy went with a “wild west” theme, Clifton Park was “old fashioned Halloween” and Saratoga chose – “your favorite tv/ movie characters.”

Check out the next few posts/photo albums and let us know your favorites.

We extend our sincere thanks to all our technicians – whether in direct Patient Care, BioMed, or Clinical Support – you all make the end result of providing quality patient care possible! Thanks for being a a part of our team! Happy Nephrology Technician Week!

More congratulations are in order, this time to Dr. Christopher Hoy (left), who recently received an award from Home Dialyzors United, given to members of the renal community for outstanding service, achievement and innovation. The award honoree exemplifies the commitment to patient-centered dialysis and advancement and innovation in home dialysis.

Congratulations to patient Jim Davenport who raised $2,675 for the Northeast Kidney Foundation as part of the recent Kidney Walk. That's more than anyone on the Rubin team. A plaque commemorating his achievement is up at the Clifton Park center. Thanks, Jim!

The Rubin Center staff is participating in the "Walk to Wellness Challenge" sponsored by CDPHP. We've pledged to walk in at least 10-minute increments and log our weekly minutes. The names of staff members who submit their weekly minutes walked will have their names entered into a drawing for gift certificates and movie tickets. We're walking to keep healthy. How about you?

The staff in Saratoga Springs got in the spirit and helped raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Foundation too.

The Troy Center staff participated in "denim day" in support of the Susan G. Komen Foundation's fight against breast cancer.

Here's a shot of the bus shelter ad.

Keep your eyes open as you travel around the Capital Region and you might spot one of the CDTA buses sporting this new Rubin Dialysis ad. They're on bus shelters too.

Here's a photo of Wayne Evancoe, newly installed president of the National Renal Administrators Association, with Past President Katrina Russell in Seattle last week.

Congratulations to Rubin CEO Wayne Evancoe who has been elected president of the National Renal Administrators Association!

Attention current Rubin home dialysis patients! Join Cathy Pothier, RN and Reddy Chappidi, registered dietitian on Oct. 23 at 2 pm in Rubin's Clifton Park center for a workshop on calcium, phosphorus, PTH and vitamin D. We'll talk about why they are important and how we can work together to improve your health. Call (518) 982-5858 to register.

We hope you'll join us tonight for a free information session on home dialysis therapy: 5 to 7:30 pm at The Desmond Hotel in Colonie. We'll discuss the benefits of home dialysis and answer all your questions. Call Jenn Schultz at 518-831-6700 to register.

To honor the dedicated nephrology nurses who care for patients with kidney disease, the American Nephrology Nurses Association has designated the second full week in September each year as Nephrology Nurses Week. This week, all of us at Rubin celebrate our outstanding nurses who provide such excellent care to our patients. Join us in thanking them!