Wound Care

A Wound Care Specific Solution for Clinicians to Quickly Incorporate Reimbursable Telemedicine Services in Their Practices

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...

12/03/2019

Estimating the Economic Value of Amniotic Membrane as a Regenerative Therapy in Wound Care

Given that wounds present coalescing drivers of cost, including common medical etiologies, high complication rates, and high treatment costs, it would seem self-evident that any technolog...

12/02/2019

The New Epidemic in Wound Care: Wound Care for Persons Who Inject Drugs (PWID)

An estimated 2.6% of Americans over the age of 13 have injected illicit drugs. Chronic drug use is associated with endovascular infections, endocarditis, abscesses, limb ischemia, celluli...

11/27/2019

Outcome Measures Associated with an Innovative Alternative to Managing Refractory Full-Thickness Pressure Injury

Pressure injuries are increasingly prevalent, with approximately 2.5 million treated in the United States annually. The estimated annual cost is $9.1–11.6 billion. Many pressure injuries ...

11/21/2019

The Use of Felt Foam to Offload and Heal Malleolar Pressure Injuries

Introduction: In the outpatient, wound care center setting, it is not uncommon for patients to present with malleolar pressure injuries. While there are many devices to assist in offloadi...

11/04/2019

The Use of an Enhanced Antimicrobial Dressing in the Healing of Chronic Venous Leg Ulcers

Introduction: Millions of patients in the US suffer from painful, draining ulcers of the leg. These ulcers are a result of chronic venous insufficiency. These venous leg ulcers (VLUs) typ...

06/10/2019

A Prospective, Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Fluid Immersion Simulation System versus an Air Fluidized Bed System in the Acute Post-Operative Management of Pressure Ulcers: Midpoint Study Analysis

Background: Use of pressure offloading support surfaces is considered standard of care for pressure ulcers by most surgeons.  The Fluid Immersion Simulation System (FIS)(Dolphin...

06/10/2019

The Efficacy of a Viscoelastic Foam Overlay on Prevention of Pressure Injury in Acutely Ill Patients: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial

Purpose: This prospective, randomized controlled trial was to compare a viscoelastic foam overlay (VEFO) to a standard hospital mattress for pressure injury (PI) prevention. We also ...

06/10/2019

Avoiding Pressure Injury in the Operating Room with Root Cause Analysis & Action

Background: Pressure ulcer/injuries have always been a concern in healthcare, but have become a greater priority since the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services introduced prospec...

06/10/2019

The Use of an Absorbable Polyvinyl/Polymeric Microfilm Matrix with Silver in the Treatment of Venous Ulcers: A Pilot Study

Background: The treatment of chronic venous ulcers continues to be a challenge.  Appropriate compression therapy is the gold standard for treatment of these problems but managin...

06/10/2019