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February 8, 2019 Clinical Topics / Pressure Ulcers / Reimbursement / Regulatory / Why Boo-Boos Cost Billions

Potholes vs. Sinkholes, Pressure Injuries, DTIs and BFOs

The NPUAP staging system was already a mess for a host of reasons, so it really could not be made much worse – but this IS worse.

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Caroline Fife, MD

Caroline Fife, MD

Dr. Fife is a world renowned wound care physician. She is the Medical Director of the Wound Care Center at CHI St. Luke's The Woodlands Hospital, Chief Medical Officer of Intellicure, Inc., Executive Director of the US Wound and US Podiatry Registries, and Founding Clinical Editor of Today's Wound Clinic.

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