Volume 2 Issue 3 - Summer 2008
News Update
09/25/2009
New Wound Care Assessment /Documentation/Measurement Tool
KISS Healthcare, Inc. (Chino Hills, Calif) launched the KISS Wound Label—a patented wound assessment, documentation, and measurement tool. The new tool utilizes standardization and...
New Wound Care Assessment /Documentation/Measurement Tool
KISS Healthcare, Inc. (Chino Hills, Calif) launched the KISS Wound Label—a patented wound assessment, documentation, and measurement tool. The new tool utilizes standardization and...
New Wound Care Assessment...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
Trisha Carlson, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, CWCN
Trisha Carlson, MSN, MBA-HCM, RN, CWC...
Today’s wound care clinics have a myriad of clinical practice and regulatory considerations.
Infection control is one area that affects everyday clinical practice, but is also a regulatory consideration of growing significance. The prevalence...
Today’s wound care clinics have a myriad of clinical practice and regulatory considerations.
Infection control is one area that affects everyday clinical practice, but is also a regulatory consideration of growing significance. The prevalence...
Today’s wound care clinics have...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
As the belt on the nation’s economy continues to tighten clinicians and physicians are faced with making choices and decisions they may not have had to make in the past. It seems budgets are tight for all levels of professionals.
Wound care...
As the belt on the nation’s economy continues to tighten clinicians and physicians are faced with making choices and decisions they may not have had to make in the past. It seems budgets are tight for all levels of professionals.
Wound care...
As the belt on the nation’s...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
In an outpatient wound center or an inpatient wound care program where specific skills are necessary and staff numbers are small, hiring the right person becomes a crucial test of the manager’s knowledge, skill, and experience.
What happens...
In an outpatient wound center or an inpatient wound care program where specific skills are necessary and staff numbers are small, hiring the right person becomes a crucial test of the manager’s knowledge, skill, and experience.
What happens...
In an outpatient wound center or...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
09/25/2009
Desmond P. Bell Jr., DPM, CWS, FCCWS, FAPWCA
Desmond P. Bell Jr., DPM, CWS, FCCWS,...
Sometimes it is not necessary to pay an expensive marketing consultant to state what a wound care professional should already know. Many times across most industries the key to truly effective marketing is simply creating a valuable and...
Sometimes it is not necessary to pay an expensive marketing consultant to state what a wound care professional should already know. Many times across most industries the key to truly effective marketing is simply creating a valuable and...
Sometimes it is not necessary to...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Column
From the Front Lines
09/25/2009
James Calder, Managing Editor, TWC
James Calder, Managing Editor, TWC
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Tne highly debated issue among wound care professionals is whether or not a facility operator/director needs prior experience in medicine, let alone wound care.
By taking a closer look at leaders who did not start out with an extensive...
Tne highly debated issue among wound care professionals is whether or not a facility operator/director needs prior experience in medicine, let alone wound care.
By taking a closer look at leaders who did not start out with an extensive...
Tne highly debated issue among...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Technology Pulse
09/25/2009
Walter A. Conlan III, MD, CWS
Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS
Walter A. Conlan III, MD, CWS
Dot Wei...
For the readership of this journal, wound bed preparation is certainly not a new concept, although it is one that has gained increasing discussion and understanding over recent years. As the authors of this article began practicing in the...
For the readership of this journal, wound bed preparation is certainly not a new concept, although it is one that has gained increasing discussion and understanding over recent years. As the authors of this article began practicing in the...
For the readership of this...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Opening Arguments
09/25/2009
A Love/Hate Relationship
As the concept for Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) was conceived and developed, it became clear that there was truly a need for a publication of this type to fill the gap for those of us practicing in this environment....
A Love/Hate Relationship
As the concept for Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC) was conceived and developed, it became clear that there was truly a need for a publication of this type to fill the gap for those of us practicing in this environment....
A Love/Hate Relationship
As the...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Opening Arguments
09/25/2009
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS
...
I hate conflict. And I am not very good at resolving it since my primary coping skill is avoidance. However, there are certainly many opportunities for conflict in the clinic setting. When we began to formulate this issue, I was reminded of...
I hate conflict. And I am not very good at resolving it since my primary coping skill is avoidance. However, there are certainly many opportunities for conflict in the clinic setting. When we began to formulate this issue, I was reminded of...
I hate conflict. And I am not...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Feature
Health Economics
09/25/2009
While waiting in line to pick up a prescription from a local pharmacy, the man in front of this author was taking a long time asking the pharmacist for a large bandage and an ointment to take care of what he said was a “large cut” on his leg....
While waiting in line to pick up a prescription from a local pharmacy, the man in front of this author was taking a long time asking the pharmacist for a large bandage and an ointment to take care of what he said was a “large cut” on his leg....
While waiting in line to pick up...
09/25/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
