Volume 51 - Issue 9 - September, 2005
Feature
Empirical Studies
09/01/2005
Healthcare policy makers, providers, and payors must find the optimal balance between providing high quality care and managing expenses. The estimated federal spending for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in 2005 is $648 billion; for...
Healthcare policy makers, providers, and payors must find the optimal balance between providing high quality care and managing expenses. The estimated federal spending for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in 2005 is $648 billion; for...
Healthcare policy makers,...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2005
Venous ulcers are a significant health problem, affecting 2% of the population in Western countries.1 These ulcerations are disabling due to their chronicity, tendency to become infected, and associated pain.
Often, patients are...
Venous ulcers are a significant health problem, affecting 2% of the population in Western countries.1 These ulcerations are disabling due to their chronicity, tendency to become infected, and associated pain.
Often, patients are...
Venous ulcers are a...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2005
An ostomy clinic provides patients long-term accessibility to a Certified Ostomy Care Nurse (COCN) or Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (CWOCN) specialist, essential for people requiring ostomies. Preoperative visits for...
An ostomy clinic provides patients long-term accessibility to a Certified Ostomy Care Nurse (COCN) or Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (CWOCN) specialist, essential for people requiring ostomies. Preoperative visits for...
An ostomy clinic provides...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Empirical Studies
09/01/2005
Telehealth refers to the contact between a patient and a healthcare provider through electronic communications (ie, use of audio, video, and other telecommunications) to administer healthcare services at distant sites.
This broad...
Telehealth refers to the contact between a patient and a healthcare provider through electronic communications (ie, use of audio, video, and other telecommunications) to administer healthcare services at distant sites.
This broad...
Telehealth refers to the...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2005
Wound care ointment now available in smaller tube
Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex.) announces that Xenaderm™ (Balsam Peru, Castor Oil USP/NF, Trypsin USP) Ointment is now available in a 30-g tube.
The ointment will give clinicians in...
Wound care ointment now available in smaller tube
Healthpoint (Fort Worth, Tex.) announces that Xenaderm™ (Balsam Peru, Castor Oil USP/NF, Trypsin USP) Ointment is now available in a 30-g tube.
The ointment will give clinicians in...
Wound care ointment now...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
09/01/2005
Between one1 and two2 million Americans have either ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s Disease. Because of their mechanisms of action/effect, both are categorized as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
Whatever the cause of the initial event,...
Between one1 and two2 million Americans have either ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s Disease. Because of their mechanisms of action/effect, both are categorized as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).
Whatever the cause of the initial event,...
Between one1 and two2...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2005
Much has been written about the revision to F-314 Instruction to Surveyors, the guidance document that addresses pressure ulcer management in long-term care.1,2 Understanding exactly how a surveyor might view the pressure ulcer care...
Much has been written about the revision to F-314 Instruction to Surveyors, the guidance document that addresses pressure ulcer management in long-term care.1,2 Understanding exactly how a surveyor might view the pressure ulcer care...
Much has been written about...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2005
In the June 2005 issue of Ostomy Wound Management, Payment Perspective reviewed the Medicare payment system for wound care drugs. Many readers requested a similar review of wound care dressings. Table 1 was created to depict how various...
In the June 2005 issue of Ostomy Wound Management, Payment Perspective reviewed the Medicare payment system for wound care drugs. Many readers requested a similar review of wound care dressings. Table 1 was created to depict how various...
In the June 2005 issue of...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Department
09/01/2005
Reimbursement for telemedicine services is important to their provision.1,2 The primer on telemedicine, available at https://www.amdtelemedicine.com/primer.cfm, sums up many of the issues surrounding telemedicine utilized in the following...
Reimbursement for telemedicine services is important to their provision.1,2 The primer on telemedicine, available at https://www.amdtelemedicine.com/primer.cfm, sums up many of the issues surrounding telemedicine utilized in the following...
Reimbursement for...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
Column
Guest Editorial
09/01/2005
In most healthcare systems, the number of outpatient hospital visits continues to increase.
At the University of Virginia Health System, we see nearly 600,000 outpatients each year in more than 100 clinic sites. Despite the fact that...
In most healthcare systems, the number of outpatient hospital visits continues to increase.
At the University of Virginia Health System, we see nearly 600,000 outpatients each year in more than 100 clinic sites. Despite the fact that...
In most healthcare systems,...
09/01/2005
Wound Management & Prevention
