Lee C. Ruotsi, MD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM, FACCWS

Reimbursement

Realities of A New Payment System From the Physician & HOPD Perspective

03/07/2017

Lee C. Ruotsi , MD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM, FACCWS;

Physicians and hospital-based outpatient departments alike must accept and adapt to the payment system now in place for the treatment of chronic wounds. But how is each entity being impacted, specifically? This article offers two points of...

Physicians and hospital-based...

03/07/2017

Today's Wound Clinic

Guest Editorial

Understanding Wound Care’s Psychology

08/14/2014

Lee C. Ruotsi , MD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM, FACCWS;

The wound care visit is, under the best of circumstances, a daunting experience for our patients. They come to us with a myriad of emotions and feelings. How we recognize, address, and manage those feelings is what establishes trust and...

The wound care visit is, under...

08/14/2014

Today's Wound Clinic

Infection

Is Your Wound Bioburdened? Case 6

11/04/2022

Lee C. Ruotsi , MD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM, FACCWS;

By monitoring the wound week to week, clinicians have seen dramatic decreases in the red/yellow fluorescing bioburden and decreases in wound size with a combination of aggressive debridement/hygiene and topical application of antiseptic to...

By monitoring the wound week to...

11/04/2022

Today's Wound Clinic

Fish skin graft for definitive healing of large hematoma excisional wound of a patient receiving warfarin treatment: a case study

Introduction: A hematoma is a collection of blood underneath a wound that has been sutured closed. It results from poor coagulation of vessels lacerated during the procedure and presents ...

Christopher Winters , DPM;

Lee C. Ruotsi , MD, ABWMS, CWS-P, UHM, FACCWS;

Haley Hunt , MS, PA-C;

Antonio Mendoza , RN, BSN;

05/26/2022