by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 8, 2018 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
I received an email from a physician who expressed how difficult it was to stay updated on the requirements for HBOT documentation. Dr. Helen Gelly has written about this extensively and I have posted blogs about this before. I reviewed the HBOT documentation...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 7, 2018 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Lymphatic Imaging & Lymphedema
I’ve been receiving the emails from Tactile Medical emphasizing the relationship between chronic venous insufficiency and lymphedema, many of which feature real-time lymphatic images taken with the near infrared imaging device developed by Dr. Eva Sevick at the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 2, 2018 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
This patient is a 57-year-old man with diabetes, end stage renal disease on dialysis and congestive heart failure. He has these lesions over most of his arms and legs and they are horribly pruritic. He has scratched until several of them are open sores. What does he...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 1, 2018 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Ever wished you could take back something that you said or did? That’s practically a daily thing for me. Unfortunately, life doesn’t work that way, except for maybe one area. You can take back your unused prescription drugs – which may help protect the lives of your...