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Wound Assessment and Documentation

Assessing Wound Tissue and Drainage Types: Slough Versus Purulence

February 18, 2021
By Holly M. Hovan, MSN, GERO-BC, APRN, CWOCN-AP Wound assessment is one of the initial steps in determining the plan of care, changes in treatment, and the choice of key players in wound management...

Atypical Wounds: Causes and Management (Part 1)

February 8, 2018
By Martin D. Vera LVN, CWS As devoted clinicians to the field of wound management we take a responsibility to educate ourselves and others about wound etiologies and characteristics, as well as man...

Basics of Coding for CTP Reimbursement

November 30, 2023
In this interview, Dr. Jonathon Johnson, MD, MBA, CWSP covers the basics of coding for CTP reimbursement, such as JC and JW modifiers and how they are used. ...

Burnout in Wound Care: Caring for Every Care Provider

December 1, 2022
Jobs in the field of medicine are notoriously demanding. However, many factors are converging to exacerbate this problem, and clinician burnout poses a large threat to the health care system in the Un...

Can Thermographic Imaging Discern Kennedy Lesions from Pressure Injuries? NPIAP Insights

March 29, 2023
By Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, RN, FNP, APRN-BC, and Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN Recently, WoundSource had the opportunity to talk with Karen Lou Kennedy-Evans, RN, FNP, APRN-BC, and Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN...

Case Study: Managing Complications of Peripheral Vascular Disease

January 12, 2017
By Aletha Tippett MD This week I saw a patient with terminal peripheral vascular disease (PVD). Seeing him reminded me of how often the severity of this disease is misunderstood. He had had amputat...

CEAP and Venous Leg Ulcers: Comprehensive Objective Classification

April 16, 2020
Before the mid-1990s, venous disorders and disease were classified almost solely on clinical appearance, which failed to achieve diagnostic precision or reproducible treatment results. In response to ...

Clinical Workflow Basics – What, Why, When, and How

December 1, 2022
Wound care professionals should review clinical workflow regularly to provide effective and efficient wound care. If changes occur in your organization or the field, this review may prove vital in the...
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