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

Letter from the Editor

From the Editor: Wound Care & Health Reform

03/14/2014

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

This week I had lunch with Dr. Guy L. Clifton, MD, author of Flatlined, Resuscitating American Medicine, a book that “delves into the realities of good people caught in a bad medical system.” The former chairman of neurosurgery at the...

This week I had lunch with Dr....

03/14/2014

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Feature

How Should Outpatient Wound Clinics Honestly Measure Success?

04/04/2018

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

How we evaluate ourselves today will impact whether patients can see us tomorrow.

How we evaluate ourselves today...

04/04/2018

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From the Editor

Medicare (Non) Coverage for Debridement: The WPS LCD and What We Really Need to Worry About

11/06/2019

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

A new Local Coverage Determination (LCD) for debridement does not include diabetic foot ulcers in the list of conditions for which debridement is covered. However, the real omission may be “the wounds with no name.” Wisconsin Physicians...

A new Local Coverage...

11/06/2019

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Opening Arguments

Cutting Through The Confusion

09/25/2009

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

Dot Weir , RN, CWON, CWS;

The TWC Editorial Board labored over how to address the important, controversial, and confusing topic of debridement. An integral part of the day-to-day care provided in hospital-owned outpatient wound care departments (HOPDs), debridement...

The TWC Editorial Board labored...

09/25/2009

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From the Editor

Winning the Technology Race in Wound Care

02/03/2020

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

I have been thinking about technology in wound care and the meaning of value. I remember the space race of the 1960s even though I was a child, because my Dad was at the School of Aerospace Medicine where human physiology research was being...

I have been thinking about...

02/03/2020

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HIPAA and HITECH: Where Are Your Photos … Do You Know?

04/08/2011

Kevin W. Yankowsky , JD;

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

A few months ago, several employees at a Florida hospital were disciplined after taking unauthorized cell phone pictures of a shark attack victim and posting them on the web. Most of us would instantly recognize that sort of behavior as a...

A few months ago, several...

04/08/2011

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Letter from the Editor

From the Editor

11/16/2016

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

I am writing this editorial the morning after a surprising, historic United States presidential election that swept into office an unexpected candidate in Donald Trump. My 25-year-old daughter called and asked me to explain how this happened....

I am writing this editorial the...

11/16/2016

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Letter from the Editor

From the Editor

03/31/2017

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

When was the last time that you received a handwritten note in the mail with an actual stamp on it? I got one recently from Suha Sreeram, MD. Inside a beautiful card she had sent to me was an even more beautifully written note, thanking me...

When was the last time that you...

03/31/2017

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Practice Management

A Health & Wellness Plan for Managing YOUR Wound Clinic

09/11/2015

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

It is possible for hospitals and wound care providers to manage their own clinics without external oversight. Here’s how to do so appropriately, safely, and successfully.

It is possible for hospitals and...

09/11/2015

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Podcasts

Helping The Patient Throughout A Wound Care Journey

06/12/2023

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

Morgan McCoy ;

Morgan McCoy and Caroline Fife, MD, discuss Morgan's wound care experience after a lower extremity amputation, and what physicians need to know about providing the best experience for their patients.

Morgan McCoy and Caroline Fife,...

06/12/2023

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