COVID-19

Editorial

Learning the Hard Way

05/05/2020

Terry Treadwell

05/05/2020

Wounds

Guest Editorial

Beyond COVID-19: How to Stay Essential

05/04/2020

Shaun Carpenter, MD, FAPWCA, CWSP

Shaun Carpenter, MD, FAPWCA, CWSP ...

Go into medicine,” my father always told me. “You get to help people and you will always have a job.” Except back when he told me those wise words, treating wounds wasn’t a specialty, and there wasn’t a worldwide pandemic dividing health care...

Go into medicine,” my father...

05/04/2020

Today's Wound Clinic

COVID-19

April 30, 2020 Update: Communication Technology-Based Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic

04/14/2020

Kathleen D. Schaum, MS

On April 7, 2020, we posted the telehealth payment requirements that have been waived during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On April 7, 2020, we posted the...

04/14/2020

Today's Wound Clinic

ICD-10-CM

ICD-10-CM Coding Guidelines for COVID-19

04/07/2020

Donna J. Cartwright, MPA, RHIA, CCS, RAC, FAHIMA

What are the correct diagnosis codes to use when you encounter a patient with the COVID-19 coronavirus? This author provides the most updated ICD-10-CM coding guidelines. Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a...

What are the correct diagnosis...

04/07/2020

Today's Wound Clinic

COVID-19: An IC’s Status Update From New Jersey

04/03/2020

CLD talks with Jordan Safirstein, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey.

CLD talks with Jordan Safirstein, MD,...

At the time of this interview (March 26th), interventional cardiologist Dr. Safirstein had recently tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

At the time of this interview...

04/03/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Labs Across the Country (and Outside the U.S.) Share Their Status

04/03/2020

Nurses and techs are on standby serving in the ED and ICU if there are no cath cases. For STEMIs, it is usual PCI with max PPE [personal protective equipment]. NSTEMIs are deferred on medical care unless unable to stabilize them. We are...

Nurses and techs are on standby...

04/03/2020

Cath Lab Digest

Editorial

Pandemic Panic!

04/03/2020

Terry Treadwell

The reality of how this disease is affecting all of us is a major issue. I do not know how your practice is being changed, but our wound center is having to make some major adjustments in how we are seeing our patients. Unlike some medical...

The reality of how this disease...

04/03/2020

Wounds

From the Editor

Courage and Fortitude in the Time of COVID-19

04/03/2020

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

Last month, on March 8, I went to visit my 94-year-old Mother. She is an extreme statistical outlier because she requires no medications, lives alone in her own home, and drives round trip to Houston once a week (180 miles). That weekend, we...

Last month, on March 8, I went...

04/03/2020

Today's Wound Clinic

COVID-19

Avoiding Unintended Consequences for the Complex Wound Patient in the Fight Against COVID-19

04/03/2020

T. Samuel Nwafor, MD, FACP, FAPWCA

Nancy Collins, PhD, RDN, LD, NWCC, FAND

As these authors stress, the consequences for the complex wound patient may be severe and long-lasting if clinicians become lax on continued treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

As these authors stress, the...

04/03/2020

Today's Wound Clinic

Editor's Corner

Cath and COVID-19: What Should We Do?

03/15/2020

Morton J. Kern, with contributions from:

Drs. Herb Aronow, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island;

Arnold Seto, Long Beach VA Medical Center, Long Beach, California;

Prashant Kaul, Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, Georgia;

Kirk Garrett, ChristianaCare, Wilmington, Delaware;

Steve Bailey, LSU Shreveport School of Medicine, Shreveport, Louisiana;

Ajay Kirtane, Columbia University, New York City, New York;

James Blankenship, Geisinger Cardiovascular Center for Clinical Research, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania;

Bonnie Weiner, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts;

James McCabe, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington;

Guri Sandhu, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota

Habib Samady, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.

Morton J. Kern, with contributions fr...

One of my colleagues asked this critical question, “How are cath labs around the USA and the globe managing [ST-elevation myocardial infarction] STEMI and other cardiac emergencies in patients with suspected COVID-19 that would normally have...

One of my colleagues asked this...

03/15/2020

Cath Lab Digest