by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 7, 2015 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
Every Tuesday this month we are going to have some straight talk about Quality Measures. In the June/July 2015 issue of Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC), Darlene Carey has a fantastic article about how she used quality measures to create a wound care program around evidence...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 2, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry
In recognition of the upcoming Independence Day holiday, I’m honoring Dr. James Tilton (June 1, 1745—May 14, 1822) an American physician and soldier from Dover, Delaware. He attended the College of Philadelphia (later the University of Pennsylvania) earning his...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jul 1, 2015 | Cassandra Chronicles: Regulatory and Coverage Policy, Miscellaneous Musings, Pressure Cooker: Rethinking Pressure Ulcers, US Wound Registry
I learn a lot from the dressings that we take OFF of patients. I make sure that they are not thrown away before I look at them. What can you tell from this dressing? Is there a problem with the way that the absorptive pad has been used? Caroline Fife, M.D.Dr. Fife is...
