Hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutions are often blamed for medically unpreventable pressure ulcers which began as tissue infarctions linked to hemodynamic factors in very sick patients. The companies that ensure these institutions are tired of paying millions of dollars for medically unpreventable events. Since we can’t seem to get the dialogue moving in the right direction in the wound care space, I decided to take the conversation to risk managers and the insurance companies. I do not charge for any of the talks I give to risk managers, defense attorneys, or insurers.
Curi Insurance, a medical malpractice liability insurance company, asked me to give a talk on the “inside out” mechanism of pressure ulcer formation. They are making the talk available free of charge. You can watch it below or by clicking here: Defending Pressure Ulcer Cases by Understanding How They Really Happen – Curi
If you are associated with a risk management organization and would like a presentation on the vascular origin of pressure injuries, the pitfalls of the staging system and medically unpreventable events, message me.
–Caroline
Resources:
Here are only a few of the resources on my blog around the topic of pressure injury/ulcers:
- Warning – Don’t Watch This Unless You Want to See How Stage 4 Pressure Ulcers Form From the Inside Out… – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Yes! It IS a Pressure Injury! An Ischemia Reperfusion Injury… – Caroline Fife M.D.
- The X Factor: A Paradigm Shift in Mitigating Severe Pressure Ulcer / Deep Tissue Malpractice Claims – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Potholes vs. Sinkholes, Pressure Injuries, DTIs and BFOs – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Angiosome Concept in “Inside-Out” Pressure Injury Development – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Watch Pressure Injuries Form From the Inside Out! – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Severe Pressure Injuries Form From the Inside Out! – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Law and Disorder – Going to Jail for Kennedy Terminal Ulcers – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Strategies for Winning Pressure Ulcer Lawsuits – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Don’t Miss This – the Evolution of a Stage 4 Pressure Ulcer – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers Archives – Caroline Fife M.D.
- Thinking Out Loud About Ischemia Originating as a Venous Occlusion | Caroline Fife M.D. (carolinefifemd.com)
- What’s Wrong With This Picture? Why Foam Pads Can’t Prevent Ischemic Injuries | Caroline Fife M.D. (carolinefifemd.com)
- In Honor of World Wide Pressure Injury Prevention Day – Let’s Talk About What REALLY Causes PI’s | Caroline Fife M.D. (carolinefifemd.com)
- The “Photo Review” Challenge – and a New Paradigm of Pressure Injury Formation – Caroline Fife M.D.
Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician dedicated to improving patient outcomes through quality driven care. Please visit my blog at CarolineFifeMD.com and my Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/carolinefifemd/videos
The opinions, comments, and content expressed or implied in my statements are solely my own and do not necessarily reflect the position or views of Intellicure or any of the boards on which I serve.
