Exclusives

Do you remember the first candidate that you interviewed for a job and then hired? Did you feel comfortable throughout the interview process? Did you feel like you were qualified and prepared to perform that important role of interviewer? How...

My house has withstood five hurricanes and a flood event of Biblical proportions, but has been nearly destroyed twice by that most unpredictable of forces — indoor plumbing. I really didn’t think the problem was all that bad this time,...

It was almost exactly 20 years ago — during the summer of 1998 — that I took over as president of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). As I write this, I’m at the UHMS annual scientific meeting in Orlando, FL.

My new hobby is taking pictures of used dressings. Based on my observations, it seems like it is more difficult to control wound bioburden today. Is it just my imagination, or is the drainage from chronic wounds more and more resembling...

Wound dressings and supplies — they’re usually the very last thing that any clinicians and/or providers think about when it comes to the plan of care for patients being managed for skin breakdown. Well, it’s just the opposite for the medical...

CMS Lowers Prescription Drug Costs for Medicare Beneficiaries  The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently finalized polices for Medicare health and drug plans for 2019 that will save Medicare beneficiaries money on...