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

From the Editor

The 'Potemkin Village' That is Wound Care

12/10/2018

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

In 1787, Catherine II (also known as Catherine the Great), a Russian Tsarina, set out on a tour of Crimea, an area Russia had annexed from the Ottoman Empire. The area had been devastated by the Crimean War and was a mess. Grigory Potemkin,...

In 1787, Catherine II (also...

12/10/2018

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From the Editor

The Delay of ICD-10-CM

04/10/2014

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

My father used to joke that his definition of “mixed emotions” was seeing your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new car. I had mixed emotions on March 31, when the US Senate approved a bill to delay national adoption of ICD-10-CM...

My father used to joke that...

04/10/2014

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Figure 1: Pre-debridement. Exposed tibialis anterior with concerns for pyoderma gangrenosum. (photo courtesy of Efthymios Gkotsoulias, DPM).

Diabetic Foot Ulcers

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

04/01/2021

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

David Kuten , MD;

Efthymios Gkotsoulias , DPM;

Given that diabetes affects so many organs in the body, team-based care is particularly crucial for patients with diabetic foot ulcers. This author details how a multidisciplinary approach can save lives and limbs.

Given that diabetes affects so...

04/01/2021

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Signs of an Impending Audit: Are You Waving Red Flags?

08/14/2012

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

Dot Weir , RN, CWON, CWS;

Editor’s note: The introduction to this article was contributed by Des Bell, DPM, CWS. For information on further internal audit topics and the documentation found during an audit, see “Business Briefs” on page 6. The “business of...

Editor’s note: The introduction...

08/14/2012

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Reader Reports

Reader Survey: Monitoring the Changing Wound Care Clinic

08/05/2011

Dot Weir , RN, CWON, CWS;

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

“If you don’t like something change it; if you can’t change it, change the way you think about it.” -Mary Engelbreit Like death and taxes, changes in the way that an outpatient wound clinic codes and charges are an inevitable and...

“If you don’t like something...

08/05/2011

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Letter from the Editor

From The Editor

11/07/2017

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

Lately, I have been thinking about some of the observations that Alexis de Tocqueville made in the mid-1800s regarding the still very young experiment in democracy known as the United States of America. A French diplomat, political scientist,...

Lately, I have been thinking...

11/07/2017

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From the Editor

For Wound Care Formularies, It’s the Infrastructure, Stupid

06/07/2019

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

A 2018 Navigant report1 found that two-thirds of health systems saw operating income decline between fiscal year (FY) 2015 and FY 2017. Among those hospitals experiencing a decline in operating earnings, the average drop was a staggering 44%....

A 2018 Navigant report1 found...

06/07/2019

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Technology in the Clinic: From A Wound Care Professionals View

04/30/2009

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

“Medical technology” refers to the diagnostic or therapeutic application of technology to improve health conditions. While all sorts of pharmacological or biological devices are included under the rubric of “medical technology,” our entire...

“Medical technology” refers to...

04/30/2009

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Diabetes Watch

What You Should Know About Using HBO In Diabetic Wounds

05/03/2003

Robert A. Warriner III, MD, FACA, FCCP, FCCWS, ABPM, UHM;

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

Last month, Medicare began reimbursing for hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) treatment as an adjunctive therapy for diabetic foot ulcers. After an exhaustive review of the literature, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) concluded that “HBO...

Last month, Medicare began...

05/03/2003

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