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

From the Editor

Health Care’s Mental Health Crisis: Winning the Battle in the Mind

09/24/2021

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

We can’t control circumstances, but we can control how we react to them. The battle we have to win is the one in our mind.

We can’t control circumstances,...

09/24/2021

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Original Contribution

All Multidisciplinary Teams, All the Time: Treat the Patient and Not the Wound

05/19/2022

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

David Kuten , MD;

Efthymios Gkotsoulias , DPM;

This kind of efficient care requires team members to be identified beforehand, to know each other’s skill set, to be committed to same-day responsiveness in communication, to have some flexibility in patient scheduling, and to understand when...

This kind of efficient care...

05/19/2022

Cath Lab Digest

Healthcare Social Media: An Interview with Kevin Pho, MD

03/08/2012

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

When we decided to focus on social technology and healthcare for this issue of TWC, I began to research which physicians were doing the best job harnessing these tools at the national level. That is how I came across a blog by Dr. Kevin...

When we decided to focus on...

03/08/2012

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Letter from the Editor

The Need for Real Venous Ulcer Data

02/02/2018

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

On July 20, 2016, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) convened a Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MedCAC) meeting to discuss recommendations regarding treatment strategies for patients living with...

On July 20, 2016, the Centers...

02/02/2018

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Letter from the Editor

From the Editor

12/15/2015

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

“What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.” - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Lectures on the Philosophy of...

“What experience and history...

12/15/2015

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HBOT

Patient-Centered Decision Making in Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine

12/04/2020

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

Centering wound treatment on the patient rather than the disease permits patients more active engagement in their own care, and can lead to better outcomes. This author explains how to make your practice more patient centered, with an eye on...

Centering wound treatment on the...

12/04/2020

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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in Wound Care: A Service Under True Pressure

10/12/2014

Helen B. Gelly , MD, FACCWS, UHM, ABPM, FUHM;

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

The clock may be ticking on the administration of HBOT as it’s known today due to various threats - from compliance to credentialing.

The clock may be ticking on the...

10/12/2014

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From the Editor

The Patient’s Perspective: Things I Wish Wound Care Doctors Would Consider When They See a Patient

12/20/2022

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

A patient sent me this message so I decided to post it. It speaks for itself.

A patient sent me this message...

12/20/2022

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Courage and Fortitude in the Time of COVID-19

04/03/2020

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

Last month, on March 8, I went to visit my 94-year-old Mother. She is an extreme statistical outlier because she requires no medications, lives alone in her own home, and drives round trip to Houston once a week (180 miles). That weekend, we...

Last month, on March 8, I went...

04/03/2020

Wound Care

CMS

The Uphill Path to Value-Based Wound Care with Nutritional Assessment

07/03/2019

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

For decades, payment for most outpatient healthcare services has been based on the volume of services delivered. This approach can create perverse incentives for practitioners to provide more numerous or more expensive treatments than...

For decades, payment for most...

07/03/2019

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