Access Solutions provides patient advocacy consulting services within the dialysis industry.
Our goal is to ensure a patient-centered approach to the development of new technologies for patients with kidney disease. With four decades of experience as a patient advocate in the renal industry, founder Terry Litchfield is deeply committed to fostering innovative vascular access options that improve the quality of life for dialysis patients.
About Terry Foust Litchfield
Terry’s role as a patient advocate began in the 1970s with her first job at the National Kidney Foundation. While writing her master’s thesis on rehabilitation in end stage renal disease (ESRD), Factors that Influence Success, she met a very special patient, Bill Litchfield, who had become one of the first dialysis patients in the United States in 1968. Renal replacement therapy sustained her late husband’s life for 46 years, making him the longest surviving dialysis patient in the U.S.
Terry continues to shape how patients experience kidney care through her roles in a variety of patient advocacy and engagement groups, including the American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP), the Kidney Health Initiative’s Patient and Family Partnership Council and the Dialysis Vascular Access Coalition. She currently serves as a patient advocate for Avenu Medical’s Ellipsys Vascular Access System.
