Volume 8 Issue 5 - June/July 2014
Column
Facility in Focus
06/18/2014
Orlando, FL — It was meant as an innocent question, really, when Suzanne Roach asked her physician about the softball-sized mass within her left thigh. The impetus for her visit to the doctor that day in the fall of 2013 wasn’t even related...
Orlando, FL — It was meant as an innocent question, really, when Suzanne Roach asked her physician about the softball-sized mass within her left thigh. The impetus for her visit to the doctor that day in the fall of 2013 wasn’t even related...
Orlando, FL — It was meant as an...
06/18/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
Spotlight
06/12/2014
Product description: The PICO System is a seven-day, single-use negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device. Its innovative design has expanded the benefits of NPWT to multiple indications by offering all the effectiveness of NPWT in an...
Product description: The PICO System is a seven-day, single-use negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device. Its innovative design has expanded the benefits of NPWT to multiple indications by offering all the effectiveness of NPWT in an...
Product description: The PICO...
06/12/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
06/12/2014
A report released by the CDC earlier this year estimated 42% of Americans would be obese by 2030. We will not need to worry about having patients to care for in our wound centers. We will need to worry about whether the healthcare system...
A report released by the CDC earlier this year estimated 42% of Americans would be obese by 2030. We will not need to worry about having patients to care for in our wound centers. We will need to worry about whether the healthcare system...
A report released by the CDC...
06/12/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
Business Briefs
06/12/2014
This installment of “Business Briefs” will provide the reimbursement aspects of two clinical topics being covered in this issue of Today’s Wound Clinic: bariatric surgery and debridement.
This installment of “Business Briefs” will provide the reimbursement aspects of two clinical topics being covered in this issue of Today’s Wound Clinic: bariatric surgery and debridement.
This installment of “Business...
06/12/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
06/18/2014
This article will examine the benefits of exercise for patients living with nonhealing, chronic wounds in an attempt to assist the practitioner in developing safe, effective exercise programs for their patients. Additionally, the benefits of...
This article will examine the benefits of exercise for patients living with nonhealing, chronic wounds in an attempt to assist the practitioner in developing safe, effective exercise programs for their patients. Additionally, the benefits of...
This article will examine the...
06/18/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
Debridement
06/18/2014
As the discovery and evolution of antibiotics continues to increase survival, there has also arisen a corresponding increased need for creative and practical patient care management. Accordingly, progress in the care of diseases associated...
As the discovery and evolution of antibiotics continues to increase survival, there has also arisen a corresponding increased need for creative and practical patient care management. Accordingly, progress in the care of diseases associated...
As the discovery and evolution...
06/18/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
06/12/2014
This article will assist the wound care specialist in identifying who might be eligible for such surgery and the postsurgical conditions that could present in the wound clinic after referring patients for bariatric procedures.
This article will assist the wound care specialist in identifying who might be eligible for such surgery and the postsurgical conditions that could present in the wound clinic after referring patients for bariatric procedures.
This article will assist the...
06/12/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
Nutrition
06/12/2014
When it comes to conducting proper wound care and assisting patients in preventing chronic wounds, proper nutrition is as important as topical skin care. Although wound healing is complex and treatment can become problematic, ensuring...
When it comes to conducting proper wound care and assisting patients in preventing chronic wounds, proper nutrition is as important as topical skin care. Although wound healing is complex and treatment can become problematic, ensuring...
When it comes to conducting...
06/12/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
ICD-10-CM
06/12/2014
This month’s ICD-10-CM diagnosing coding documentation tool covers diabetes mellitus.
This month’s ICD-10-CM diagnosing coding documentation tool covers diabetes mellitus.
This month’s ICD-10-CM...
06/12/2014
Today's Wound Clinic
