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Human Umbilical Cord & Amniotic Membrane Reduces Pain, Augments Healing of Acute Trauma Wounds

For orthopedic trauma surgeons in community hospitals, it can be challenging to convince plastic surgeons in private practice to close traumatic wounds with skin grafts, free flaps, or other reconstructive interventions.

The Role of Stem Cells in Wound Healing: An Overview

The evolution of stem cells in the chronic wound regimen has taken a very circuitous path, so to speak.

Amniotic Membrane Allografts in the Outpatient Wound Clinic: Current Practice Guidelines & Modalities

Wound care is a challenging and ever-changing field of medicine. Chronic wounds in particular are responsible for a large portion of time, effort, and cost in the medical community.

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  1. Human Umbilical Cord & Amniotic Membrane Reduces Pain, Augments Healing of Acute Trauma Wounds
    For orthopedic trauma surgeons in community hospitals, it can be challenging to convince plastic surgeons in private practice to close traumatic wounds with skin grafts, free flaps, or other reconstructive interventions. Many of these trauma patients are at high risk for acute and chronic wound complications because they... | Full Article
    Thursday, July 5, 2018 - 14:59 | 1,083 reads
  2. From the Editor: Musings From The UHMS Meeting
    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. Being here reminds me of two of the worst years of my professional life: Within a few weeks, the... | Full Article
    Thursday, July 5, 2018 - 15:35 | 901 reads
  3. Amniotic Membrane Allografts in the Outpatient Wound Clinic: Current Practice Guidelines & Modalities
    Wound care is a challenging and ever-changing field of medicine. Chronic wounds in particular are responsible for a large portion of time, effort, and cost in the medical community. A newly released economic evaluation of the impact, cost, and Medicare policy implications of nonhealing wounds determined that almost 15% of... | Full Article
    Thursday, July 5, 2018 - 14:43 | 5,158 reads
  4. 5 Trends in Pain Management for Today’s Wound Care Clinicians
    Pain can be extraordinarily complex to control and is often inadequately managed, leaving more than 100 million adults in the United States living with chronic pain.1 Early, appropriate interventions of acute pain, however, can prevent chronic pain, a serious disease that involves changes to the nervous system that can... | Full Article
    Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 15:37 | 1,763 reads
  5. Pain Management in the Outpatient Wound Clinic: Review of Case Studies
    Chronic pain serves an indicator of wound pathology and may be a barrier to timely and aggressive care of chronic wounds. Pain management, as in all care settings, presents a unique set of challenges for the clinician in the outpatient clinic. Pain is subjective and complex, and multiple factors contribute to a patient’s... | Full Article
    Tuesday, June 5, 2018 - 15:41 | 1,571 reads
  6. Business Briefs: When Should You Bill for an E&M or Clinic Visit and a Procedure on the Same Day?
    Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to ensure information accuracy. However, HMP and the author do not represent, guarantee, or warranty that coding, coverage, and payment information is error-free and/or that payment will be received.  Not... | Full Article
    Thursday, July 5, 2018 - 16:06 | 278 reads
  7. The Role of Stem Cells in Wound Healing: An Overview
    The evolution of stem cells in the chronic wound regimen has taken a very circuitous path, so to speak. This article will briefly describe some of the different types of stem cells and how they may be utilized as therapeutic modalities in healthcare, including specifically in wound care.   TYPES OF STEM CELLS When we talk... | Full Article
    Thursday, July 5, 2018 - 14:55 | 151 reads

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Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Advocacy Update

Alliance Educates PDAC & DMEMAC via a "Show & Tell" Seminar Enabling Staff to See/Touch/Feel Key Wound Care Products

4/19/2018
Rise of the Cyber Criminal in 2018: HIPAA Security Does Not Stop With Compliance

Reports of cyber attacks continue to be prevalent. However, healthcare providers may be unaware of a few important facts: 

  1. Healthcare, as an industry, sees more data breaches than any other.1
  2. Criminal attacks are the leading cause of data breaches in healthcare. 
  3. Data breaches in healthcare are consistently high in terms of volume, frequency, impact, and cost.2

Consider some high-profile cases in which cyber criminals have placed certain healthcare organizations in the news:

1/5/2018
Commentary: Should Patients Buy Offloading Footwear From You?

It is a challenging, common situation: wound care patients require offloading devices for diabetic and/or neuropathic plantar ulcers, but there is no insurance coverage for those items.  You explain that they will bear the cost of the product(s), but they believe the expenses should be covered by you. When you offer to sell the product(s) directly or suggest the patients purchase them elsewhere, they refuse. Ultimately, their wounds worsen or don’t improve.

1/5/2018
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Business Briefs

Business Briefs: When Should You Bill for an E&M or Clinic Visit and a Procedure on the Same Day?
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to... Full Article
Business Briefs: Test Your Knowledge of “Incident To” & “Direct Supervision”
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to... Full Article
Determining What’s Broken With Your Wound Clinic Reimbursement & Implementing Required Fixes
Information regarding coding, coverage, and payment is provided as a service to our readers. Every effort has been made to... Full Article
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History of Wound Care

History of Wound Care: A Solution to Sepsis: The Carrel-Dakin Method
World War I (1914-18; WWI), aka the “Great War,” brought unimaginable destruction to the world. Whether it was economic... Full Article
History of Wound Care: The Wound Care Nurse’s Journey Part 1: The Civil War
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on the evolution of the wound care nurse. This series will continue... Full Article
History of Wound Care: The Wound Care Nurse’s Journey Part 1: The Civil War
Editor’s Note: This is the first of a three-part series on the evolution of the wound care nurse. This series will continue... Full Article
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Providing the Algorithm for Wound & Podiatric Care at Ocean County Foot & Ankle Surgical Associates
Toms River, NJ —As the longest highway in the state of New Jersey, the Garden State Parkway is truly a destination route... Full Article
Facility in Focus: Baptist Beaches Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine
Jacksonville Beach, FL – Approximately 6.7 million people in the United States are living with chronic wounds, and that... Full Article
Facility in Focus: Helping Patients ‘Navigate’ Healthcare’s Great Transition at Baptist Health System
San Antonio — This country’s current healthcare transition from volume-based care to a system predicated on value and... Full Article
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HIPAA Privacy & Security

HIPAA Privacy & Security: Conducting Your HIPAA-Required Security Risk Assessment
A company based in the state of Pennsylvania that develops wireless technology that’s used to assist physicians in the care... Full Article
HIPAA Privacy & Security Compliance: The Dirty Little Secret About Medical Device Security
What are the rules regarding IMD safety? That all depends on whom you ask.    Imagine being a patient and having to worry... Full Article
Should Healthcare Providers 'Google' Their Patients?
The digital age in which we all live in and work in brings us unique opportunities from both a personal and professional... Full Article
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Let’s Be Frank

Let's Be Frank: Integrating Advanced Therapy Products into Your Wound Clinic Business Model
Regenerative medicine is just one example of the many advanced modalities available to today’s product formularies. But how... Full Article
Let's Be Frank: How to Save Your Wound Clinic From Failure
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” — Henry Ford  Successfully operating an... Full Article
Let's Be Frank: Seeking Advice Can Be The Foundation of Optimal Wound Care
In this month’s column, Frank discusses chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that’s cited as a commonly encountered... Full Article
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From The Editor

From the Editor: Musings From The UHMS Meeting
It was almost exactly 20 years ago — during the summer of 1998 — that I took over as president of the Undersea &... Full Article
From The Editor: Tugboats, Radios, & Our Professional Obligation to Registries
Chicago, IL — Ernest A. Codman, MD, FACS, became a surgeon at the turn of the 20th century and spent his life on a crusade... Full Article
From the Editor: I Do Not Like Green Eggs and Ham
My new hobby is taking pictures of used dressings. Based on my observations, it seems like it is more difficult to control... Full Article
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