by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 20, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
On your way home, instead of NPR or the depressing news, listen to this uplifting and fascinating podcast that Brian McCurdy of HMP and I did with Morgan Wells. If you’d prefer to read the transcript, you can find it here. PODCASTS Helping The Patient Throughout A...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 16, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
Check out the Today’s Wound Clinic guest editorial written by my friend and colleague, Monique Abner, MD about implicit bias, Wrestling With Implicit Bias to Deliver Better Care for Our Patients. I have been thinking a lot about bias since I started going to doctor’s...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 15, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
Check out this fascinating article by my friend and colleague, Tom Bozzuto, DO published in Today’s Wound Clinic about “Herbal Treatments for Diabetic Foot Ulcers.” I have never heard of mountain papaya, maritime pine or marigolds being used for wound healing so I...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 13, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
CGS*, one of the Medicare Administrative Carriers (MACs) has released a quarterly status report on it’s “pre pay” review for surgical dressings. This “pre-pay” review is a major reason it has become so difficult to get wound dressings for patients. The most common...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 9, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
For almost two decades, I have had the privilege of working with Dr. Eva Sevick and Dr. John Rasmussen who developed real-time lymphatic imaging with indocyanine green. We’ve just published a review paper summarizing what we’ve learned about the function (and...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 25, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
Brian McCurdy, the Managing Editor of Today’s Wound Clinic, and I talked about a project we are working on to elevate the patient’s voice in wound care. Just prior to shooting this video, Brian and I interviewed Morgan McCoy about her journey (watch for that link...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 19, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
First, if you are a quadriplegic, I want to thank you. About a decade ago, my 13 year old daughter become desperately sick and there didn’t seem to be much hope for her (a story for another day). After my three months of family leave to care for her ran out, I got in...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 17, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
At the recent SAWC, we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders. I’ve had the incredible privilege of co-chairing the Alliance just about since its inception. This video takes a walk down memory lane about all those visits to the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 3, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
Check out the article which I wrote with Dr. Eva Sevick about our webinar: Myths Debunked! How Lymphatic Imaging is Changing Patient Treatment Plans at the invitation of LymphaPress as part of their “Thought Leader” series. I have to admit that this was one of the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 1, 2023 | Fight the Good Fight
I want to express my deepest gratitude to Andrew Marxen, the fantastic wound and ostomy nurse who drove several hours round trip to provide care for Curt Gates. Bynthia texted me, “I’ve been up all night caring for Curt but wanted you to know that Andrew’s visit saved...
