VBC Chapter 2

The ABCs of VBC: Wound Care’s Role in Long-Term Care Facility Value-Based Care Programs Wound Care’s Role in Long-Term Care Facility VBC Programs  As the healthcare industry escalates its transition to value-based care (VBC) and its many emerging flavors, one setting leading the pack are nursing facilities caring for older people and those with chronic…

A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Wound Expert Private Practice
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A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Wound Expert Private Practice

Wound care, whether provided in clinics, skilled nursing facilities or by wound experts who make house calls, is growing. Talk to wound experts throughout the profession, and you’ll hear of more clinicians choosing to go out on their own as independent wound care experts. One of the biggest trends for healthcare professionals in the post-…

Net Health CORE Workflow Checklist

Net Health CORE Workflow Checklist

Apply our CORE (Clinical, Operational, Regulatory, and Economic) methodology designed to help streamline workflow As you reflect on the areas of your wound care practice, think about these starter questions — they will help inform your choices along the way: Clinical Operational Regulatory NOTE: This checklist is not meant to be exhaustive. It remains your…

Beyond Workflow: Why ThinkFlow is Newest Wound Care Documentation Strategy

Beyond Workflow: Why ThinkFlow is Newest Wound Care Documentation Strategy

ThinkFlow combines workflow and CORE methodology to ensure a smarter approach for key wound care processes and tasks By:  Cathy Thomas HessBSN, RN, CWCN, Vice President, Chief Clinical Officer, Net Health Wound Care Documenting the steps taken during wound care used to be viewed as – while not the most exciting task on your to…

VBC Chapter 2

The ABCs of VBC: Wound Care’s Role in Long-Term Care Facility Value-Based Care Programs Wound Care’s Role in Long-Term Care Facility VBC Programs  Table of Contents As the healthcare industry escalates its transition to value-based care (VBC) and its many emerging flavors, one setting leading the pack are nursing facilities caring for older people and…

VBC Chapter 1

The Path to Value-Based Care: Wound Measurement, Healing, and Reimbursement Leveraging Technology to Reach Your Hospital Wound Care Goals Think about the terms you hear most often in healthcare. Whether reading a trade magazine, attending a conference, or from internal leadership, chances are the term at the top of your list is “value-based care” (VBC). …

Unlocking Specialty EHRs: Take a User-Centric Approach to Wound Care
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Unlocking Specialty EHRs: Take a User-Centric Approach to Wound Care

Perhaps no technology in the past 50 years has generated more contentious conversation among providers than the Electronic Health Record (EHR). Introduced on a wide-scale basis in the late 1980s, today, more than 90 percent of providers and 96 percent of hospitals use some type of EHR in their practice. Over the past 20 years, specialty EHRs,…

The Role of Technology in Transforming Wound Care Management in 2024

The Role of Technology in Transforming Wound Care Management in 2024

Wound care technology in 2024 will reflect some of the biggest changes happening in all sectors of technology: The rise of artificial intelligence and the use of big data to provide better care. Grandview Research estimates that the global wound care market will increase at a compound annual growth rate of 4.17% between 2024 and…

The Cost of Chronic Wounds

The Cost of Chronic Wounds

Chronic Wounds: A Look at the human and financial toll Over the past few years, in an effort to promote better outcomes for patients, healthcare providers, payers, researchers, and regulators have started paying more attention to a once-overlooked area of healthcare: chronic wounds. Chronic wounds encompass injuries such as burns and surgical site infections, as…