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A FREE Opportunity to Experience Wound Clinic Business!

A FREE Opportunity to Experience Wound Clinic Business!

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 20, 2021 | Health Information Technology and Wound Care

Beginning on July 28, HMP Communications and Today’s Wound Clinic will be offering a series of five FREE Wound Clinic Business Webinars in which where Kathy Schaum and Jolayne Devers will share their insights on “2021 Mid-Year Reimbursement Reports.” The free sessions...
Wound Whisperer: Shhhh… My Secret Vitamin D Treatment for a Surgical Wound Dehiscence

Wound Whisperer: Shhhh… My Secret Vitamin D Treatment for a Surgical Wound Dehiscence

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 30, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Nutrition & Wound Healing

There’s increasing interest in Vitamin D. I became focused on this after a series of patients who failed to heal operative wounds. I found their Vitamin D-OH levels were in the teens (in some cases, single digits) when 30 is the lowest value we want for wound healing....
The Miracle of NPWT

The Miracle of NPWT

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 7, 2020 | Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers

Do you remember how you felt the first time you saw this? Do you still have the photos of the first patient you treated with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)? The photos below are very poor quality because they are Polaroids from 1997! This was one of the first...
A Great Way to Teach Children History on Memorial Day (Updated)

A Great Way to Teach Children History on Memorial Day (Updated)

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 26, 2020 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

My Dad was a veteran of WWII and Korea and my husband was a veteran. On Memorial Day I find myself wanting to go somewhere to pay tribute our service men and women. My Mother, my son and I usually go to The Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial in College Station. It is one...
Why Quality of Life Failed Miserably as a Surrogate Endpoint for Wound Outcome

Why Quality of Life Failed Miserably as a Surrogate Endpoint for Wound Outcome

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 18, 2020 | Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Healthcare Payment Policy

There is lot of interest in surrogate measures of wound outcome to capture important aspects of treatment beyond closure. Because it provides insight into the patient’s experience, Quality of life (QOL) is an obvious surrogate for healing rate. For your own safety,...
What’s the Difference Between Hyperbaric Registries?

What’s the Difference Between Hyperbaric Registries?

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Dec 18, 2019 | Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, US Wound Registry

Nearly every week I get a question about the different registry participation options for wound care and hyperbaric medicine. We need all the data we can get in the fields of wound care and hyperbaric medicine. The thought process should not be that one approach is...
Revisiting “Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving”

Revisiting “Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving”

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 27, 2019 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

Re-printed from November 25, 2015 The Mayflower left the port of Southampton in August 1620 but was forced to put into Plymouth, England for repairs. The 102 passengers and 30 crew members finally left Plymouth for America on September 16, 1620. Blown off course by...
We Can Predict Whether a Venous Leg Ulcer Will Heal – We Know Not Everyone is Happy About That

We Can Predict Whether a Venous Leg Ulcer Will Heal – We Know Not Everyone is Happy About That

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 11, 2019 | Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Healthcare Payment Policy

A few weeks ago we published a manuscript about the development of the Wound Healing Index for Venous Leg Ulcers (VLUs). The link is below. What is the VLU WHI? The VLU WHI makes it possible to predict at the initial visit whether a venous ulcer will heal with...
Wheels on Water and the Undaunted Spirit Award

Wheels on Water and the Undaunted Spirit Award

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 7, 2019 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

With his permission, I’m posting this amazing photo of my friend and former patient, Kevin – whose mobility limitations do not keep him down. He’s also helping others experience the challenge and excitement of hunting, even if they hunt on wheels. You can support his...
Does Venous Reflux a Venous Ulcer Make?

Does Venous Reflux a Venous Ulcer Make?

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 15, 2019 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

The following patients with leg ulcers were referred to me (sometimes by the vein center)  after undergoing venous ablation for documented venous reflux. The first is a 92 year old, alert little lady referred from a local vein center.  A circumferential leg ulcer had...
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