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

Transitioning to Packaged CTP Payments in Wound Care: No Easy Adjustment

03/14/2014

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

The new method regarding packaged payment for cellular and/or tissue-based products (CTPs) [old term “skin substitutes”] established by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for wound care has brought with it a fair share of...

The new method regarding...

03/14/2014

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Letter from the Editor

From the Editor: Caring for the Elderly

02/10/2012

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

Yesterday I was treating a frail elderly lady in my clinic and thinking about all that I have learned caring for my aging relations that I never learned in my training. I asked her why she slept in a chair. (Ask your patients where they...

Yesterday I was treating a...

02/10/2012

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CMS

Get on Board With the Quality Payment Program

11/04/2019

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

In the last two years, the Quality Payment Program (QPP) has changed the way wound clinicians practice. This author assesses the status of the QPP, specifically how the program can help improve the quality of patient care and patient outcomes...

In the last two years, the...

11/04/2019

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From the Editor

Musings From The UHMS Meeting

07/05/2018

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

It was almost exactly 20 years ago — during the summer of 1998 — that I took over as president of the Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society (UHMS). As I write this, I’m at the UHMS annual scientific meeting in Orlando, FL.

It was almost exactly 20 years...

07/05/2018

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From the Editor

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

08/13/2013

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

I would give a lot to have a picture of the first “portable” negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) device used by one of my patients. It was 1977, and a resourceful woman who had experienced an abdominal wound had used bungee cord to...

I would give a lot to have a...

08/13/2013

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From the Editor

Thoughts on the COVID-19 Blues, Volcanic Eruptions, and Perspective

03/12/2021

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

For many years I kept a postcard depicting The Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius taped to my bathroom mirror. Painted by Pierre-Jacques Volaire in 1777, it depicts the cataclysmic day in 79 A.D. when the ancient Roman city of Pompeii was buried under...

For many years I kept a postcard...

03/12/2021

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Patient Portals: Opening a New Door to Patient-Clinician Communication

03/08/2012

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

About 5 years ago, my father had a series of terrible strokes. During an emergency hospitalization, it became urgent that I get records from another hospital. The layers of bureaucracy were so deep that even with a signed medical power of...

About 5 years ago, my father...

03/08/2012

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Opening Arguments

Documenting Your Success

09/25/2009

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

Dot Weir , RN, CWON, CWS;

Documenting Your Success here is an ancient Chinese proverb which says, the palest ink is better than the best memory. This issue is about medical documentation. These days, documentation may or may not be done with ink, but there is no...

Documenting Your Success here is...

09/25/2009

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Letter from the Editor

From the Editor

09/06/2017

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

Come October, our industry should have early access to a study that I hope will change the national conversation about wound care.

Come October, our industry...

09/06/2017

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HBOT