Patient Education

By Paula Erwin-Toth MSN, RN, CWOCN, CNS Part 4 in a series discussing the challenges and opportunities in patient/family education For Part 1, Click Here For Part 2, Click Here For Part 3, Click...

By Cathy Wogamon, DPN, MSN, FNP-BC, CWON From the first announcement to the current screening, closings, and practice modifications, the novel coronavirus (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronav...

Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) complications are challenging and costly. Evidence-based practice and advanced wound care technologies have the potential to maximize good outcomes and prevent ulcer recurren...

By Janet Wolfson, PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA It is hard to read a newspaper (my preferred news source) or an online news site without discovering false information. I recently read an NPR article abo...

By the WoundSource Editors A vast percentage of wounds become chronically stalled because of mixed etiology and other underlying comorbid medical conditions. This means the wound is multifactorial,...

About 89 percent of people who come to doctors’ offices have already Googled their symptoms, notes D. Scott Covington, MD, FACS, CWSP. He says most patients wanted to see how serious their health cond...

By Christine Miller, DPM, DMM, PhD, FACCWS One of the gratifying aspects of being a wound care physician is the ability to develop such rich relationships with our patients. The frequent and consis...

By David Hite PhD Diabetes, the leading cause of amputation of the lower limbs, places an enormous burden on both the individual and the health care system. It’s estimated that the annual cost for ...

In this interview, Kyle Wu, MBA, MD and Ozgur Guler, PhD discuss the ways AI can help providers educate themselves, such as through large language models and gamification....

By Mary Ellen Posthauer, RDN, CD, LD, FAND Lindsay Andronaco's blog, "How Can Wound Care Nurses Provide Culturally Sensitive Care" prompted me to reflect on similar situations that I have encounter...