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Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

From the Editor
For Wound Care Formularies, It’s the Infrastructure, Stupid
06/07/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
A 2018 Navigant report1 found that two-thirds of health systems saw operating income decline between fiscal year (FY) 2015 and FY 2017. Among those hospitals experiencing a decline in operating earnings, the average drop was a staggering 44%....
A 2018 Navigant report1 found that two-thirds of health systems saw operating income decline between fiscal year (FY) 2015 and FY 2017. Among those hospitals experiencing a decline in operating earnings, the average drop was a staggering 44%....
A 2018 Navigant report1 found...
06/07/2019
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From the Editor
Would Medicare for All Mean Healthcare for None?
05/13/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
As the U.S. political left fully embraces socialism publicly and more Americans go without care because their private insurance has a staggering annual deductible, there’s more support for socializing U.S. healthcare. There was talk about...
As the U.S. political left fully embraces socialism publicly and more Americans go without care because their private insurance has a staggering annual deductible, there’s more support for socializing U.S. healthcare. There was talk about...
As the U.S. political left fully...
05/13/2019
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From the Editor
How Can We Train Physicians To Avoid ‘Wound Care 101’ Pitfalls?
04/09/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
A wound is not a disease; it is a symptom. If a patient has a nonhealing wound, there’s a reason for it and our job is to figure out that reason. We can list the likely reasons statistically, depending on the location of the wound and a few...
A wound is not a disease; it is a symptom. If a patient has a nonhealing wound, there’s a reason for it and our job is to figure out that reason. We can list the likely reasons statistically, depending on the location of the wound and a few...
A wound is not a disease; it is...
04/09/2019
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From the Editor
Thoughts on Sisyphus and Rehospitalization
03/11/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
There is a word that describes most of my Mondays in the wound clinic: Sisyphean. You probably remember the  Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again, a laborious task...
There is a word that describes most of my Mondays in the wound clinic: Sisyphean. You probably remember the  Greek myth of Sisyphus, who was condemned by the gods to roll a boulder up a hill only to have it roll down again, a laborious task...
There is a word that describes...
03/11/2019
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From the Editor
The True 'Cost' of Healing Most Wounds
02/08/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
The repeated message of delivering a better than 90% healing rate has convinced payers that advanced therapeutics are overutilized, or at least not worth the price tag. The fine print is that we heal everyone, “except for the outliers.” The...
The repeated message of delivering a better than 90% healing rate has convinced payers that advanced therapeutics are overutilized, or at least not worth the price tag. The fine print is that we heal everyone, “except for the outliers.” The...
The repeated message of...
02/08/2019
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From the Editor
Hyperbaric Medicine’s New Specialty Coding
01/09/2019
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
You may have heard a few firecrackers on New Year’s Eve, but the biggest fireworks in our industry went off Jan. 7. That’s because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a new physician specialty code for Undersea...
You may have heard a few firecrackers on New Year’s Eve, but the biggest fireworks in our industry went off Jan. 7. That’s because the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has established a new physician specialty code for Undersea...
You may have heard a few...
01/09/2019
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From the Editor
The 'Potemkin Village' That is Wound Care
12/10/2018
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
In 1787, Catherine II (also known as Catherine the Great), a Russian Tsarina, set out on a tour of Crimea, an area Russia had annexed from the Ottoman Empire. The area had been devastated by the Crimean War and was a mess. Grigory Potemkin,...
In 1787, Catherine II (also known as Catherine the Great), a Russian Tsarina, set out on a tour of Crimea, an area Russia had annexed from the Ottoman Empire. The area had been devastated by the Crimean War and was a mess. Grigory Potemkin,...
In 1787, Catherine II (also...
12/10/2018
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From the Editor
Are People Starving In Your Waiting Room?
11/08/2018
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
What scares me the most about the following story is the fact that I did not pay attention to the problem until a few years ago, when we began developing quality measures for wound care practitioners. Now that I am paying attention, I’m...
What scares me the most about the following story is the fact that I did not pay attention to the problem until a few years ago, when we began developing quality measures for wound care practitioners. Now that I am paying attention, I’m...
What scares me the most about...
11/08/2018
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From the Editor
Are The Walls Closing In On Wound Care?
08/06/2018
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
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,...
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,...
My house has withstood five...
08/06/2018
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From the Editor
Musings From The UHMS Meeting
07/05/2018
Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM
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.
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.
It was almost exactly 20 years...
07/05/2018
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