Abstract Body: Background: As wound care moves toward more comprehensive patient-centered care management, frequent consultation with multiple specialists is necessary. For patients, thi...
Education provided to patients and their family on how to care for the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube is limited and varies widely. This results in PEG-site and tube compl...
Background: To successfully perform wound self-care, patients need to complete individualized multi-step dressing changes. Education is pivotal in helping patients navigate these steps to...
Background: Local dressing formularies reinforce use of clinically appropriate and cost-effective products. Despite its significant potential to impact on the bottom line, many institutio...
Background: Throughout the world, use of telemedicine in chronic wound management has been associated with lower cost of care, shorter healing time, fewer foot amputations, and fewer offi...
Background: Local dressing formularies reinforce use of clinically appropriate and cost-effective products. Despite its importance, many clinics postpone their decision to create/upd...
Background: To adhere to care plans, patients need to know which products to purchase, where to obtain them, how much they cost, and how to use them. However, clinicians’/caregivers’ busy...