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Wound Documentation

Does Your Facility Have a Legal "Safety Net" For Wound Care Documentation?

June 18, 2015
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC Substandard documentation tops the list of mistakes for long-term care facilities. It involves "all hands in the chart" so to speak. This enco...

F-Tag 314 Compliance: An Example of Unavoidable Pressure Ulcer Documentation

April 7, 2016
By Terri Kolenich, RN, CWCA, AAPWCA It has been a long week. The CMS state survey team entered your facility Sunday afternoon at 2pm. Thursday is finally here and the state survey exit meeting is o...

HBOT: The Office of Inspector General’s Most Wanted?

March 23, 2017
By Thomas E. Serena MD, FACS, FACHM, FAPWCA In 1950, J. Edgar Hoover published the first edition of the FBI’s most wanted list. Since that time, no less than 512 fugitives have been featured. Many ...

Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers: The Risks

December 26, 2014
By the WoundSource Editors Litigation over hospital-acquired pressure ulcers represents a significant fraction of a medical malpractice attorney's caseload. The liability issues have shifted since...

How Streamlining Wound Documentation Improves Continuity of Care

January 31, 2021
Continuity of care has always been the heart of practicing medicine and is especially important for wound care. Continuity of care in wound management equals better outcomes, cost-effectiveness, and s...

How to Establish Pressure Ulcer Reduction Efforts in Acute Care

August 8, 2019
by Kelly Byrd-Jenkins, CWS It may come as no surprise to some, but pressure ulcers are among the only hospital-acquired conditions that have been on the rise in recent years. Other hospital-acquire...

Improving Outcomes Through Wound Care Staff Education

April 13, 2017
By Holly Hovan MSN, APRN, ACNS-BC, CWON-AP As a wound, ostomy, and continence nurse in long-term care, education is a huge part of my role working in our Community Living Center (CLC), Hospice, and...
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