About Dr. Fife
Dr. Fife is a world-renowned wound care physician. She is the Director of the Wound Care Center at CHI St. Luke’s The Woodlands Hospital, CMO of Intellicure, Inc., Exec. Director of the US Wound Registry & Editor of Today’s Wound Clinic.
Report Honest Healing Rates
It’s time for Wound Care physicians and providers to stand up for truly honest outcomes and transparent quality reporting. If we don’t we may see our entire profession wiped out. Click here to read more.
Resource Room
Explore Dr. Fife’s ever-growing library of helpful content related to Wound Care and MIPS. From videos to instructional materials, this knowledge base is completely yours to enjoy and use.
Latest Posts
Public Discrimination of Nurses in Mexico due to COVID-19. What Can We Do?
We all need to work together as a community to help our healthcare workers.
COVID-19 Ongoing Alerts
Ongoing updates of the COVID-19 crisis as they come in. This post will be updated frequently, so keep checking back!
Small Mercies of COVID-19 #1
I got this email from my good friend – incredible wound care practitioner, Frank Aviles, PT. I am going to call it a “small mercy” of COVID-19. If you have some small mercies you would like to share, message me.
Essential COVID-19 Resources for Wound Care Practitioners – LOOK HERE!
The Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders has created a “one-stop” shop to for the rapidly changing, vital information relevant to Wound Care practitioners in the COVID-19 era.
Thoughts on CPR in COVID Patients – End of COVID-19 Diary (For Now)
Here is the final COVID-19 diary entry… for now.
COVID-19 Diaries: Day 5 & 6
Guest blog from a friend and colleague who practices Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine and is also a Critical Care physician. Here are her COVID-19 Diaries – uncensored.
COVID-19 Diaries: Day 4
Guest blog from a friend and colleague who practices Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine and is also a Critical Care physician. Here are her COVID-19 Diaries – uncensored.
Message From the Battlefield – Pass This On to Physicians Treating COVID-19 Patients
God protect your health, and thank you for leading by example.
COVID-19 Diaries: Day 3
Guest blog from a friend and colleague who practices Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine and is also a Critical Care physician. Here are her COVID-19 Diaries – uncensored.
COVID-19 Diaries: Day 2
Guest blog from a friend and colleague who practices Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine and is also a Critical Care physician. Here are her COVID-19 Diaries – uncensored.
COVID-19 Diaries: Day 1
Guest blog from a friend and colleague who practices Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine and is also a Critical Care physician. Here are her COVID-19 Diaries – uncensored.
CMS Extends the 2019 MIPS Deadline to April 30, 2020
As a result of COVID-19, CMS has extended the 2019 MIPS reporting deadline to April 30, 2020.
The State of the Nation
“The state of this nation is good, the heart of this nation is sound, the spirit of this nation is strong, the faith of this nation is eternal.”
Does This Treatment Make a Difference? The Art & Science of Predicting Wound Healing
Special guest blog post by Marissa Carter, PhD
The Shadow of a Thing
We mustn’t focus on the places we are NOT. Be fully present where you ARE – it is, apparently, where you were meant to be.
Check Out the Editorial by Traci Kimball, Whose Practice is a Model for the Future of Wound Management
You will find this fascinating.
Check Out the Article by Helen Gelly on Patient Relationship Codes
Check out the article in the March issue of Today’s Wound Clinic by Dr. Helen Gelly – Patient Relationship Codes: Why We Need Them and the Unintended Consequences of Using Them.
The Cold War and COVID-19
COVID-19 is a challenge we need to face with some courage but honestly, compared to previous generations, we have not had THAT many challenges.
Today is a Glorious Day
I challenge you to see how many blessings you can write down on a scrap of paper in 120 seconds. You won’t be able to finish the list.
My Letter to Novitas About My Own Targeted Probe & Educate (TPE) Audit
I think I can confidently say that the Novitas TPE process will not identify the facilities most at risk of improper use. This is unfortunate for all concerned.
God’s Ways are Peculiar – and Why Healthcare Facilities Need a Preparedness Plan for Healthcare Workplace Violence
God’s ways are not just mysterious – they are downright peculiar.
I am a Crybaby and the Wound Care Evidence Summit April 1-2 (Part 3)
See you in D.C. in April. I will try not to whine or cry.
Check Out the Standardized “Reason” Codes for Denial of Payment for HBOT
Check out the new “reason codes” for denial of HBOT.
Kafkaesque Clinical Trials – and Why You Need to Attend the Wound Care Evidence Summit (Part 2)
See you in D.C. in April.
Kafkaesque Clinical Trials – and Why You Need to Attend the Wound Care Evidence Summit April 1-2 (Part 1)
Kafka himself could not write a better story than currently exists in wound healing research.
The (Surrogate) Wound Outcomes that CMS Doesn’t Really Care About
I don’t have the answers, but I can tell you why my attempted solutions failed.
Team-Based Healthcare
A good healthcare team can achieve clinical goals for the patient and personal goals for the team members when it functions well.
