We celebrated Formal Friday this month at the Pittsburgh Winery. The team enjoyed wine tastings, popcorn from the Pittsburgh Popcorn Company and some great live performances including poetry, several solo artists, and duets.
Our WoundExpert Client Conferences are a mash up of education, thoughtful discussion, and exploration of what’s new and what’s needed in the state of documenting wound care. Mix in a great venue, and a steel drum band, and you have a unique style of fun that only wound care professionals can have together. For this…
As a healthcare business entity, the outpatient wound clinic operates for a patient population living with complex chronic conditions unlike any other throughout the care continuum. Associated morbidity, decreased quality of life, and, in some cases, mortality are among the many reasons significant interest has been focused on the prevention and treatment of chronic wounds….
Four years ago in the May 2010 Practice Points column, we discussed the future need for implementing the “meaningful use” of an electronic health record (EHR), understanding the importance of documenting “meaningful” data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), and measuring the actual impact on patient care. The background information to the Meaningful…