by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 7, 2021 | Miscellaneous Musings
Today is the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. We can vaguely understand how the Greatest Generation felt by comparing it to the impact of 9/11 on our generation. However, as terrible as 9/11 was, it doesn’t compare to the attack on Pearl Harbor. On the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 7, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
My most recent editorial in Today’s Wound Clinic is a tirade about what appears to me to be a lack of common sense and basic medical knowledge on the part of physicians. It’s not due to Covid but the pandemic has made all our weaknesses more obvious. A few nights ago...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 26, 2021 | Healthcare Payment Policy
Last week I enjoyed a relaxed, unscripted conversation with Dr. Helen Gelly about trends in wound care audits and charge denials, with a live audience Q&A. You can watch the recording of the conversation and Q&A below. You can also find the audio of this event...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 22, 2021 | Miscellaneous Musings
I read Nathaniel Philbrick’s book Mayflower and it’s the antidote to self-pity if you need to snap out of it at Thanksgiving. We forget that when the Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving, what they were thankful for was just being ALIVE. I’d like to focus on different...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 19, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
My beautiful 96 year old mother is cooking Thanksgiving dinner for our small family, and even drove herself to the grocery store to do the shopping. Although she is likely to be around another decade, she’s given us all very specific instructions on how to refer to...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 19, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness
For years I have been talking about the complications of shin radiation in elderly patients. The patients all underwent radiation for skin cancer having been told that since they were old and had “circulation issues”, radiation was a better option than undergoing a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 18, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness
For years I have been talking about the complications of shin radiation in elderly patients. The patients all underwent radiation for skin cancer having been told that since they were old and had “circulation issues”, radiation was a better option than undergoing a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 17, 2021 | Healthcare Payment Policy
Friday, November 19th at 4:00PM EST Join a friendly, unscripted conversation between long-time friends and wound care industry influencers Dr. Caroline Fife and Dr. Helen Gelly as they discuss charge denial and audit trends affecting wound practices across the nation...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 21, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight
In this blog preview of my upcoming WoundCon Fall 2021 presentation, I propose the angiosome concept as a mechanism for “inside-out” pressure injury development. — Caroline Most clinicians know that some pressure injuries happen from the inside out because...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 20, 2021 | Nutrition & Wound Healing
Please join me on November 4, 2021 from 3:00 – 4:00 PM ET for a webinar entitled “Immunonutrition and Wounds.” Objectives: Describe wound prevalence and cost among Medicare beneficiaries State the specialized nutritional recommendations from...
