News November 2021

Net Health Deal With MiMedx Streamlines Complex Insurance Benefits Verification

Net Health recently announced it has added MiMedx Group, Inc. to the list of wound care providers that rely on Net Health^® Wound Care’s in-chart ordering platform, CTP Connections. Through the agreement, Net Health notes hospital and outpatient wound care providers can quickly and efficiently submit electronic insurance verification forms and secure approvals for MiMedx tissue-based products.

Utilizing the Connections Module to submit insurance verification forms for MiMedx products allows clinicians to spend less time on administrative tasks and more time on patient care, notes a press release. In addition, insurance approval time can be reduced significantly with use of the module.

Electronically submitting insurance verification forms for MiMedx products is included for Net Health Wound Care customers at no cost, according to a press release. By using the Connections Module, clinicians will be able to:

•    Submit insurance verification requests for MiMedx products
•    Efficiently provide required supporting documentation materials
•    Avoid paper forms and manual data entry, which means less room for errors
•    Maintain history and submit verification requests from within patient records

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MolecuLight Launches New MolecuLightDX^™ Device for Point-of-Care Imaging of Wounds

MolecuLight Inc. recently announced the launch of the MolecuLightDX^™, a new point-of-care device model targeted at the unique needs of new expanding wound care market segments in the USA. The DX compliments the MolecuLight i:X^®. Specifically, the company notes the MolecuLightDX has the following new features:

•    Comprehensive electronic medical record (EMR) integration options for multiple EMR environments,
•    Patient-centric user interface and workflow to allow for easy patient and wound tracking,
•    An administrator workflow and system configuration capability, and
•    Docking system for easier charging of the device.
 
As with the i:X, MolecuLight says the DX has the same accurate, rapid digital wound measurement for documentation of procedures and of wound progression. Newly available on the DX is a stickerless measurement capability, which automatically measures wound area without the need for wound stickers.

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SAWC 2021 Posters Highlight the MolecuLight Point-of-Care Imaging Platform

MolecuLight announces the presentation of 7 clinical posters and presentations highlighting its imaging technology at the recent Symposium of Wound Care (SAWC) Fall 2021.
 
The company notes a submission on MolecuLight by Dr. Charles A. Andersen was one of the top scoring abstracts out of more than 200 submissions. This is the fifth consecutive SAWC meeting at which an abstract on improved patient care achieved through use of the MolecuLight i:X has received this honor, according to MolecuLight.

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The 5 clinical posters and 2 presentations featuring the MolecuLight i:X from SAWC Fall 2021 are as follows:

Poster #CR-005: 12-Week RCT Evaluating Impact of Routine Fluorescence Imaging of Bacteria on DFU Healing Rates

Poster #CR-006: Cleansing Techniques for Wound Hygiene: Which Are Most Effective?

Poster #LR-025: Detection of bacterial fluorescence from in vivo wound biofilms using a point-of-care fluorescence imaging device
 
Poster #CR-020: Are Semi-quantitative Clinical Cultures Inadequate? Comparison to Quantitative Analysis of 1053 Bacterial Isolates from 350 Wounds
 
Poster #PI-003: Guidelines for point-of-care fluorescence imaging for detection of wound bacterial burden based
on Delphi consensus
 
Oral Presentation & Poster #PI-002: Diagnosis and Treatment of the Invasive Extension of Bacteria (Cellulitis) from Chronic Wounds Utilizing Point-of-Care Fluorescence Imaging

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