by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 4, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers
This morning I did Grand Rounds for the Baylor Department of Geriatrics (via Zoom, of course!), discussing a new paradigm for pressure ulcer formation. I’ve blogged about this before, and published a paper about it. If you would like to think about something OTHER...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 29, 2020 | Do the Right Thing: Thoughts on Quality, Fight the Good Fight, PAD Hall of Shame, US Wound Registry
I recently reviewed the case of an elderly woman with a non-healing wound who had ischemic rest pain and extreme malnutrition, neither of which were addressed by the wound center at which she was treated previously. Not surprisingly she failed to improve with the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 27, 2020 | COVID-19, Do the Right Thing: Thoughts on Quality, Fight the Good Fight, Nutrition & Wound Healing, Skin Perfusion Pressure (SPP)
If you are a wound management practitioner, then like me, you’ve continued to care for patients during the pandemic. It wasn’t easy before COVID-19 and it’s even harder now. My clinic is only able to see half the volume (due to the time required for COVID-19...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 30, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Undaunted Spirit Award
This event started as a project to help Physical Therapy students whose clinical rotations were cancelled but it has taken on a life of its own! I participated in the second one on diabetic foot ulcers. I can’t wait for this one because the keynote speaker is my...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 9, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight
I know I will get flowers on my birthday because nearly every year, it’s when the Texas wildflowers bloom. A dense field of Texas bluebonnets waving in the wind creates the optical illusion of water. It’s a tradition to photograph children among the bluebonnets. This...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 2, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight
Even when it’s not possible to fix what is physically wrong with patients, we can often improve their mental well-being. Sometimes the most important thing we can dispense is what I would call “grace.” I worry that it’s gotten harder to find healthcare professionals...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 28, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy, US Wound Registry
The Wound Care Evidence Summit will take place in Washington, D.C. April 1-2. If you are involved in this area, you need to register now because spots are limited. The meeting will convene commercial and government payer medical directors, the FDA, NIH senior staff,...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 26, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy
The Wound Care Evidence Summit will take place in Washington, D.C. April 1-2. If you are involved in this area, you need to register now because spots are limited. The meeting will convene commercial and government payer medical directors, the FDA, NIH senior staff,...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 25, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy
The Wound Care Evidence Summit will take place in Washington, D.C. April 1-2. If you are involved in this area, you need to register now because spots are limited. The meeting will convene commercial and government payer medical directors, the FDA, NIH senior staff,...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 24, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Healthcare Payment Policy, US Wound Registry
There’s a big focus on finding surrogate measures for wound outcome. I thought I could save anyone working in this area some wasted time by letting you know what outcomes CMS doesn’t care about. I can’t speak to what the FDA might care about. Under the Merit Based...
