Abstract: A method of providing home dialysis treatment with a dialysis machine includes performing, by the dialysis machine, dialysis on a patient using a first unit of a consumable, providing, by the dialysis machine as a result of performing the dialysis, operating data indicating consumption of the first unit, estimating a remaining count of the consumable based on the operating data, forecasting future demand for the consumable based on the operating data, providing a quantity of new units of the consumable to the dialysis machine based on a comparison of the forecasted future demand and the estimated remaining count, and performing, by the dialysis machine dialysis on the patient using one or more of the new units of the consumable.

Abstract: A method for boiler control and a monitoring system is disclosed. The present invention provides superior boiler control compared with earlier and current systems. In accordance with the illustrative embodiment of the present invention, the heating system is improved by utilizing computer and telecommunications technology to provide more accurate boiler control and to automatically identify problems in the system.