Volume 8 Issue 3 - April 2014
NPWT
04/23/2014
Decades prior to the first negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device being cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1997, Pal Svedman, PhD, MD, reported the use of simultaneous irrigation in conjunction with NPWT to treat...
Decades prior to the first negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device being cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration in 1997, Pal Svedman, PhD, MD, reported the use of simultaneous irrigation in conjunction with NPWT to treat...
Decades prior to the first...
04/23/2014
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News Update
04/23/2014
The US Senate has pushed the compliance date for ICD-10-CM by one year with the passing of legislation aimed at providing a patch for the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). This is the 17th consecutive SGR patch passed, with a vote of 64-35,...
The US Senate has pushed the compliance date for ICD-10-CM by one year with the passing of legislation aimed at providing a patch for the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). This is the 17th consecutive SGR patch passed, with a vote of 64-35,...
The US Senate has pushed the...
04/23/2014
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ICD-10-CM
04/10/2014
To view and print the PDF, visit http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/icd-10-cm-diagnosis-coding-documentation-tips-venous-ulcers-categories-170-174-18000-1879
The arrival of ICD-10-CM has been pushed back to at least October 2015, but...
To view and print the PDF, visit http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/icd-10-cm-diagnosis-coding-documentation-tips-venous-ulcers-categories-170-174-18000-1879
The arrival of ICD-10-CM has been pushed back to at least October 2015, but...
To view and print the PDF, visit...
04/10/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
04/10/2014
Martin Winkler, MD, FACS & Michael E. Steadman
Martin Winkler, MD, FACS & Michae...
Surgical incisions and traumatic lacerations are closed through wound approximation. Chronic wounds and large-surface burn wounds cannot be closed by primary intention. Many advanced wound dressings, skin substitutes, and peptide growth...
Surgical incisions and traumatic lacerations are closed through wound approximation. Chronic wounds and large-surface burn wounds cannot be closed by primary intention. Many advanced wound dressings, skin substitutes, and peptide growth...
Surgical incisions and...
04/10/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
04/10/2014
Randall Wolcott, MD & Vicki Fischenich RN, MSN, GNP-BC, WCC
Randall Wolcott, MD & Vicki Fisch...
Maintaining a varied inventory of dressings in the outpatient wound clinic is expensive and time-consuming. In keeping with the discovery that wound healing must take place in a moist environment,1 wet-to-dry gauze has been gradually...
Maintaining a varied inventory of dressings in the outpatient wound clinic is expensive and time-consuming. In keeping with the discovery that wound healing must take place in a moist environment,1 wet-to-dry gauze has been gradually...
Maintaining a varied inventory...
04/10/2014
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EMR
04/10/2014
Cathy Thomas Hess BSN RN CWCN
As a healthcare business entity, the outpatient wound clinic operates for a patient population living with complex chronic conditions unlike any other throughout the care continuum. Associated morbidity, decreased quality of life, and, in...
As a healthcare business entity, the outpatient wound clinic operates for a patient population living with complex chronic conditions unlike any other throughout the care continuum. Associated morbidity, decreased quality of life, and, in...
As a healthcare business...
04/10/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
04/10/2014
Heather Hettrick, PT, PhD, CWS, AWCC, CLT-LANA, CLWT, CORE
Wound care products and applications continue to evolve. This can be challenging for both the seasoned clinician as well as those new to the field of wound management. Keeping current with trends and scientific literature can also be a...
Wound care products and applications continue to evolve. This can be challenging for both the seasoned clinician as well as those new to the field of wound management. Keeping current with trends and scientific literature can also be a...
Wound care products and...
04/10/2014
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Column
Facility in Focus
04/10/2014
For more photos from our visit to Excela Health, visit http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/slideshow/facility-focus-photo-slideshow-maximizing-collaboration-develop-wound-care-service-line-ex
Greensburg, PA — On a sun-soaked afternoon last...
For more photos from our visit to Excela Health, visit http://www.todayswoundclinic.com/slideshow/facility-focus-photo-slideshow-maximizing-collaboration-develop-wound-care-service-line-ex
Greensburg, PA — On a sun-soaked afternoon last...
For more photos from our visit...
04/10/2014
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Business Briefs
04/10/2014
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or...
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information. However, HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or...
Information regarding coding,...
04/10/2014
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From the Editor
04/10/2014
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
My father used to joke that his definition of “mixed emotions” was seeing your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new car. I had mixed emotions on March 31, when the US Senate approved a bill to delay national adoption of ICD-10-CM...
My father used to joke that his definition of “mixed emotions” was seeing your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new car. I had mixed emotions on March 31, when the US Senate approved a bill to delay national adoption of ICD-10-CM...
My father used to joke that...
04/10/2014
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