From The Editor

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

Today's Wound Clinic

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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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Would Medicare for All Mean Healthcare for None?

05/13/2019

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

As the U.S. political left fully embraces socialism publicly and more Americans go without care because their private insurance has a staggering annual deductible, there’s more support for socializing U.S. healthcare. There was talk about...

As the U.S. political left fully...

05/13/2019

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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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Are People Starving In Your Waiting Room?

11/08/2018

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

What scares me the most about the following story is the fact that I did not pay attention to the problem until a few years ago, when we began developing quality measures for wound care practitioners. Now that I am paying attention, I’m...

What scares me the most about...

11/08/2018

Today's Wound Clinic