Quality improvement

Enhancing Patient Access in Clinical Practice: A Comprehensive 3-Pronged Strategy

Introduction: Recent reports indicate an increase in individuals in the US treated for at least one chronic wound. A recent publication on the Wound Balance Concept highlights the importa...

11/01/2024

Using a Wearable Pressure Sensor to evaluate leg compression: Two dressing types

Introduction: It is usually unclear exactly how much pressure a dressing applies to the leg, and if that pressure is uniform. The goal of this study was to compare two compression dressi...

11/01/2024

Charting Wound Healing: Using Centiles to Track Chronic Wounds’ Progress

Introduction: World Health Organization growth charts1 utilize Centile-based curves to track age-related growth dynamics. Identifying values outside of specific ranges indicates the need ...

11/01/2024

Managing Hidradenitis Suppurativa With a Multi-Disciplinary Care Team

Introduction: Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic, debilitating, and relapsing inflammatory disease of skin, is extremely challenging to manage. Specialized providers are few, and sc...

11/01/2024

Utilization of Near Infrared Spectroscopy* in Peripheral Arterial Disease and Angiosome Correlation

Introduction: Near Infrared Spectroscopy* (NIRS) is a non-invasive imaging device that measures oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin in the wound and periwound tissues to assess the tis...

11/01/2024

Retention Processing Preserves Beneficial Stromal and Molecular Components

Introduction: It has been researched and well documented that placental tissue has a plethora of growth factors present. Many of these factors are beneficial when it comes to wound treatm...

11/01/2024

Lyophilized Human Amnionic Membrane Modulates the Macrophage Response During Wound Healing

Introduction: The immune system is central to progressing an injury through the wound healing cascade. However, comorbidities often lead to dysregulation of the inflammatory response and ...

11/01/2024

Investigating the Role of Autophagy Proteins LC3 and ATG7 in Wound Healing

Introduction: Chronic wounds have a significant impact on a substantial number of Americans today. The etiology of these wounds is often multifactorial, not fully understood, and further ...

11/01/2024

Patient Safety Indicator (PSI-3) Project: Reduction in Hospital Acquired Pressure Injuries

Introduction: The goal of the project was to reduce hospital acquired pressure injuries that fall under the PSI-3 criteria set by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in a 500 b...

11/01/2024

Real World Experience (RWE) Using Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy Analysis of 140 Encounters on Medicare Beneficiaries in Post-Acute Care

Introduction: Wound Care Plus, LLC (WCP) is a mobile wound care advanced practice provider dedicated to advancing wound care for underserved patients across various care settings. Our com...

11/01/2024