Volume 11 Issue 5 - May 2017
News
News
05/02/2017
Iowa Hospital Opens New Wound Center
Baum Harmon Mercy Hospital, Primghar, IA, has opened a new outpatient wound care clinic. The hospital is a partner with Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City. Amanda Rausch, NP, a member of the staff at the...
Iowa Hospital Opens New Wound Center
Baum Harmon Mercy Hospital, Primghar, IA, has opened a new outpatient wound care clinic. The hospital is a partner with Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City. Amanda Rausch, NP, a member of the staff at the...
Iowa Hospital Opens New Wound...
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Insights
Product Spotlight
05/02/2017
Swift Medical Announces U.S. Product Launch
Swift Medical Announces U.S. Product Launch
Swift Medical Announces U.S....
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Commentary
05/02/2017
Anyone on staff in the outpatient wound clinic setting has likely experienced the clamoring for photographs and cameras that can occur at the end of a shift. The misplacement or outright loss of a camera potentially containing photographs and...
Anyone on staff in the outpatient wound clinic setting has likely experienced the clamoring for photographs and cameras that can occur at the end of a shift. The misplacement or outright loss of a camera potentially containing photographs and...
Anyone on staff in the...
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Feature
Infographic
05/02/2017
Amniox Earns Supply Contract With U.S. Military
Amniox Earns Supply Contract With U.S. Military
Amniox Earns Supply...
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05/02/2017
Mapping Medicare Disparities Tool: Identify Disparities in Chronic Disease
Mapping Medicare Disparities Tool: Identify Disparities in Chronic Disease
Mapping Medicare Disparities...
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Mental Health
05/02/2017
Amy Bienvenu, LCSW-BACS, & Sandra Wiggins Long, LCSW-BACS
Amy Bienvenu, LCSW-BACS, & Sandra...
Healthcare providers in all settings should be assessing and evaluating the mental health status of their patients and referring them for specialty care as needed. This article will help wound care clinicians gauge the signs and symptoms of...
Healthcare providers in all settings should be assessing and evaluating the mental health status of their patients and referring them for specialty care as needed. This article will help wound care clinicians gauge the signs and symptoms of...
Healthcare providers in all...
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Telemedicine
05/02/2017
Myra Varnado, BS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN; Jan Cuzzell, MSN, RN, CWS; Carolyn H. Cuttino, BSN, RN, CWCN, CWS; & Katherine Piette, BA, MS
Myra Varnado, BS, RN, CWOCN, CFCN; Ja...
The utilization of telemedicine will offer clinical and financial incentives for wound clinics as the U.S. healthcare system continues its transition to a value-based structure.
The utilization of telemedicine will offer clinical and financial incentives for wound clinics as the U.S. healthcare system continues its transition to a value-based structure.
The utilization of telemedicine...
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Column
Let's be Frank
05/02/2017
Frank Aviles Jr., PT, CWS, FACCWS, CLT-LANA, ALM, AWCC, DAPWCA
The wound care industry continues to change at a rapid pace. Sometimes, it may seem impossible for clinicians to remain current on the most recent education and best practices when considering all the challenges we encounter while managing...
The wound care industry continues to change at a rapid pace. Sometimes, it may seem impossible for clinicians to remain current on the most recent education and best practices when considering all the challenges we encounter while managing...
The wound care industry...
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Business Briefs
05/02/2017
Seventeen years ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for hospital-based outpatient departments (HOPDs) such as the emergency department (ED) and the HOPD...
Seventeen years ago, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) implemented the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for hospital-based outpatient departments (HOPDs) such as the emergency department (ED) and the HOPD...
Seventeen years ago, the Centers...
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Letter from the Editor
05/02/2017
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
There is big news for wound care and hyperbaric medicine professionals and, for once, the news is good. The Benchmarks for Measures Included in the Performance Year 2016 Quality and Resource Use Reports document is now available from the...
There is big news for wound care and hyperbaric medicine professionals and, for once, the news is good. The Benchmarks for Measures Included in the Performance Year 2016 Quality and Resource Use Reports document is now available from the...
There is big news for wound care...
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