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Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM

12/09/2011
  It is estimated that 2% of the US population has a chronic wound and a conservative estimation of the cost of caring for these wounds exceeds $50 billion dollars per year. The current reimbursement model of outpatient care has continued to...
  It is estimated that 2% of the US population has a chronic wound and a conservative estimation of the cost of caring for these wounds exceeds $50 billion dollars per year. The current reimbursement model of outpatient care has continued to...
  It is estimated that 2% of the...
12/09/2011
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
01/05/2017
It’s time for New Year’s resolutions. Rather than making empty promises to yourself to lose weight and exercise, you might want to consider the following resolutions: 
It’s time for New Year’s resolutions. Rather than making empty promises to yourself to lose weight and exercise, you might want to consider the following resolutions: 
It’s time for New Year’s...
01/05/2017
Today's Wound Clinic
QPP
06/08/2017
The future of CTP utilization in wound clinics could hinge on the development of CTP outcome measures and quality reporting practices of today’s clinicians.  
The future of CTP utilization in wound clinics could hinge on the development of CTP outcome measures and quality reporting practices of today’s clinicians.  
The future of CTP utilization in...
06/08/2017
Today's Wound Clinic
Audits
10/19/2015
Particular modalities have come under the microscope in this industry. Is your clinic performing them appropriately as per medical necessity?
Particular modalities have come under the microscope in this industry. Is your clinic performing them appropriately as per medical necessity?
Particular modalities have come...
10/19/2015
Today's Wound Clinic
Refine Your Wound Care With Today’s Wound Clinic Topic Centers
Video
05/06/2022
Are you looking for information on reimbursement, lymphedema, hyperbaric oxygen therapy or telehealth for your wound clinic? Clinical Editor Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM, explains how Today’s Wound Clinic’s topic centers are...
Are you looking for information on reimbursement, lymphedema, hyperbaric oxygen therapy or telehealth for your wound clinic? Clinical Editor Caroline E. Fife, MD, FAAFP, CWS, FUHM, explains how Today’s Wound Clinic’s topic centers are...
Are you looking for information...
05/06/2022
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
12/01/2009
  I finally did it. I set up a Twitter account and actually “tweeted” about wound care. I will save for the moment the challenge of saying anything useful in 140 characters (the equivalent of about two sentences). While I may be reasonably...
  I finally did it. I set up a Twitter account and actually “tweeted” about wound care. I will save for the moment the challenge of saying anything useful in 140 characters (the equivalent of about two sentences). While I may be reasonably...
  I finally did it. I set up a...
12/01/2009
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
01/13/2016
In 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the first time distributed Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) to all physicians in the country. Made available in early September, the QRUR is a confidential report that...
In 2015, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for the first time distributed Quality and Resource Use Reports (QRURs) to all physicians in the country. Made available in early September, the QRUR is a confidential report that...
In 2015, the Centers for...
01/13/2016
Today's Wound Clinic
From the Editor
09/03/2019
My suite-mate in college used to refer to vacuuming as “Hoovering.” The first manufacturer of technology often becomes synonymous for the technology itself. I still remember the first time a representative from KCI came to talk to me about a...
My suite-mate in college used to refer to vacuuming as “Hoovering.” The first manufacturer of technology often becomes synonymous for the technology itself. I still remember the first time a representative from KCI came to talk to me about a...
My suite-mate in college used to...
09/03/2019
Today's Wound Clinic
Letter from the Editor
10/12/2014
The demise of 24/7 emergency hyperbaric services may be one of the greatest ironies in medical history — that emergency HBOT services have disappeared because of the growth of clinical hyperbaric medicine.
The demise of 24/7 emergency hyperbaric services may be one of the greatest ironies in medical history — that emergency HBOT services have disappeared because of the growth of clinical hyperbaric medicine.
The demise of 24/7 emergency...
10/12/2014
Today's Wound Clinic