Volume 6 Issue 5 - June/July 2012
Column
Business Briefs
06/12/2012
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. HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or warranty...
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. HMP Communications and the authors do not represent, guarantee, or warranty...
Information regarding coding,...
06/12/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
06/12/2012
A patient of mine developed a popular prescription drug that’s frequently advertised on TV. A brilliant physician who presented with plantar foot ulcers on both feet the first time we met, he claimed to have acquired the ulcers from walking...
A patient of mine developed a popular prescription drug that’s frequently advertised on TV. A brilliant physician who presented with plantar foot ulcers on both feet the first time we met, he claimed to have acquired the ulcers from walking...
A patient of mine developed a...
06/12/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
News Update
06/12/2012
Study Links Drug, Cancer Risk
A study recently concluded by researchers in Canada has found an association between use of pioglitazone, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, and increased risk of bladder cancer. According to the findings,...
Study Links Drug, Cancer Risk
A study recently concluded by researchers in Canada has found an association between use of pioglitazone, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, and increased risk of bladder cancer. According to the findings,...
Study Links Drug, Cancer...
06/12/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
06/12/2012
Desmond Bell, DPM, CWS & Moira Hayes, MHA, RRT, CHT
Desmond Bell, DPM, CWS & Moira Ha...
Like any relationship, the bond between a healthcare provider and a patient is heavily based on faith, trust, and communication. Patients rely on their providers to be their advocates, to always have their best interests at the forefront,...
Like any relationship, the bond between a healthcare provider and a patient is heavily based on faith, trust, and communication. Patients rely on their providers to be their advocates, to always have their best interests at the forefront,...
Like any relationship, the...
06/12/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
06/12/2012
In today’s healthcare scene there are many etiologies of neuropathy. None, however, is more prevalent than that which is related to diabetes, considering the growing global epidemic of the disease. Significant diabetic neuropathy typically...
In today’s healthcare scene there are many etiologies of neuropathy. None, however, is more prevalent than that which is related to diabetes, considering the growing global epidemic of the disease. Significant diabetic neuropathy typically...
In today’s healthcare scene...
06/12/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
06/12/2012
Lower extremity ulcerations are an ever-increasing problem in this country, particularly among those patients living with diabetes. Due to the continued surge in the disease’s presence throughout the general population (along with...
Lower extremity ulcerations are an ever-increasing problem in this country, particularly among those patients living with diabetes. Due to the continued surge in the disease’s presence throughout the general population (along with...
Lower extremity ulcerations...
06/12/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
06/12/2012
Pamela Scarborough, PT, DPT, MS, CDE, CWS, CEEAA & Jason Hardage, PT, DPT, DScPT, GCS, NCS, CEEAA
Pamela Scarborough, PT, DPT, MS, CDE,...
While many comorbidities have the potential to impact wound healing, this is especially true of diabetes mellitus (DM), a common disease among patients living with wounds. The impairments related to the disease state of DM affect all wound...
While many comorbidities have the potential to impact wound healing, this is especially true of diabetes mellitus (DM), a common disease among patients living with wounds. The impairments related to the disease state of DM affect all wound...
While many comorbidities have...
06/12/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
Feature
Infographic
06/12/2012
An interview with Christopher Hayes, chief technology officer.
Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare?
Christopher Hayes (CH): I started with Net Health as an...
An interview with Christopher Hayes, chief technology officer.
Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): How long have you been in wound care, and how did you enter this area of healthcare?
Christopher Hayes (CH): I started with Net Health as an...
An interview with Christopher...
06/12/2012
Today's Wound Clinic
