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Volume 14 Issue 5 - May 2020

Department

COVID-19
06/03/2020
As social distancing becomes widespread to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, more health care professionals may turn to telehealth. This author explains what payment requirements for telehealth have been waived during this crisis.
As social distancing becomes widespread to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, more health care professionals may turn to telehealth. This author explains what payment requirements for telehealth have been waived during this crisis.
As social distancing becomes...
06/03/2020
Today's Wound Clinic
A Closer Look at Hyperbaric Safety and Training
HBOT
06/02/2020
This author describes the risk posed by the increasing numbers of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) facilities operating with inadequate training and little or no oversight. For the most part, those of us who operate hyperbaric medicine...
This author describes the risk posed by the increasing numbers of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) facilities operating with inadequate training and little or no oversight. For the most part, those of us who operate hyperbaric medicine...
This author describes the risk...
06/02/2020
Today's Wound Clinic
Ensuring Cybersecurity in Your Wound Clinic
Cybersecurity
05/19/2020
How safe is your wound clinic from cyberattacks? This author offers practical advice to keep your operation running smoothly in the face of threats such as ransomware, hacking, and medjacking. Criminal attacks are the leading cause of...
How safe is your wound clinic from cyberattacks? This author offers practical advice to keep your operation running smoothly in the face of threats such as ransomware, hacking, and medjacking. Criminal attacks are the leading cause of...
How safe is your wound clinic...
05/19/2020
Today's Wound Clinic
Assessing DFU Perfusion: Comparing the Tried & True to the Novel & New
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
05/12/2020
Is near-infrared spectroscopy a promising noninvastive vascular study to measure tissue perfusion in diabetic foot ulcers? Presenting a case study, these authors assess how an innovative device can provide clinicians a better picture of the...
Is near-infrared spectroscopy a promising noninvastive vascular study to measure tissue perfusion in diabetic foot ulcers? Presenting a case study, these authors assess how an innovative device can provide clinicians a better picture of the...
Is near-infrared spectroscopy a...
05/12/2020
Today's Wound Clinic
Update on Medicare/Medicaid Audits in the Wake of COVID-19
Audits
05/05/2020
As COVID-19 looms large in health care, the CMS has suspended some audits. This author analyzes the temporary regulatory waivers and how wound clinic audits will look after the pandemic runs its course. When I was asked to draft an...
As COVID-19 looms large in health care, the CMS has suspended some audits. This author analyzes the temporary regulatory waivers and how wound clinic audits will look after the pandemic runs its course. When I was asked to draft an...
As COVID-19 looms large in...
05/05/2020
Today's Wound Clinic

News

Clinical and Industry News
05/06/2020
Smith+Nephew Releases PICO 14 Single Use NPWT System for High Risk Surgical Patients Smith+Nephew recently announced the U.S. launch of the new PICO◊ 14 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System (sNPWT), which has a pump duration...
Smith+Nephew Releases PICO 14 Single Use NPWT System for High Risk Surgical Patients Smith+Nephew recently announced the U.S. launch of the new PICO◊ 14 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System (sNPWT), which has a pump duration...
Smith+Nephew Releases PICO 14...
05/06/2020
Today's Wound Clinic

Column

Josh Pickus, Net Health
Executive Spotlight
05/05/2020
The Wound Care Learning Network had the opportunity to talk with Josh Pickus, the new chief executive officer of Net Health, a company that provides cloud-based software solutions for specialized care, including wound care. Q: Before...
The Wound Care Learning Network had the opportunity to talk with Josh Pickus, the new chief executive officer of Net Health, a company that provides cloud-based software solutions for specialized care, including wound care. Q: Before...
The Wound Care Learning Network...
05/05/2020
Today's Wound Clinic
That Time You Honestly Told Your Daughter About Therapy and Wound Care
Let's Be Frank
05/05/2020
If I had to do it all over again, would I follow the same path? I find that I ask myself this question on a fairly regular basis. And I have certainly thought about it recently during these trying times. My daughter Hannah will enter...
If I had to do it all over again, would I follow the same path? I find that I ask myself this question on a fairly regular basis. And I have certainly thought about it recently during these trying times. My daughter Hannah will enter...
If I had to do it all over...
05/05/2020
Today's Wound Clinic

Insights

Josh Pickus, Net Health
Executive Spotlight
05/05/2020
The Wound Care Learning Network had the opportunity to talk with Josh Pickus, the new chief executive officer of Net Health, a company that provides cloud-based software solutions for specialized care, including wound care. Q: Before...
The Wound Care Learning Network had the opportunity to talk with Josh Pickus, the new chief executive officer of Net Health, a company that provides cloud-based software solutions for specialized care, including wound care. Q: Before...
The Wound Care Learning Network...
05/05/2020
Today's Wound Clinic
That Time You Honestly Told Your Daughter About Therapy and Wound Care
Let's Be Frank
05/05/2020
If I had to do it all over again, would I follow the same path? I find that I ask myself this question on a fairly regular basis. And I have certainly thought about it recently during these trying times. My daughter Hannah will enter...
If I had to do it all over again, would I follow the same path? I find that I ask myself this question on a fairly regular basis. And I have certainly thought about it recently during these trying times. My daughter Hannah will enter...
If I had to do it all over...
05/05/2020
Today's Wound Clinic