We know pressure injuries are on the rise, and they can wreak havoc with patient health and a hospital’s bottom line. If your hospital is like most, you’ve already taken steps to implement a pressure injury prevention program (PIPP). And it’s likely based, at least in part, on the guidelines from the Agency for Healthcare…
“Healthcare organizations are using a digital health platform to help care teams monitor wounds in real time and reduce the chance of hospital-acquired pressure injuries,” reports an article in the October 7 issue of Healthleaders, one of the top news magazines in the industry. Other key takeaways in the article noted that poor wound care…
How can wound care specialists provide optimal care to patients with chronic wounds? By pairing their experience and passion with sophisticated wound documentation technology that is intuitive, sharable and secure. A new webinar from Tissue Analytics shows how. Who is Tissue Analytics? As a refresher, Tissue Analytics (TA), which earned Breakthrough Device Status by the…
Imagine you spent weeks planning for a great party. The food, entertainment, and decorations were all carefully thought-out, and everything was in place for a great event. Lots of people showed up; then, everyone started to leave, just as things were getting good. Clinical trial sponsors know just how that party host feels. Participants dropping…
The days of EHRs being viewed as simple documentation systems are largely over. From improving communication and workflows to offering more actionable metrics for providers and directors, EHRs have increasingly evolved through the years. Yet to this point, few things have shattered the healthcare industry’s preconceptions of what an EHR company can do more than…
Once again, cases of COVID-19 are rising nationally, and authorities warn we may be facing a critical disease spike. For hospitals, another surge in COVID cases likely means significant disruptions in their ability to provide onsite treatment for wound care patients seen in their outpatient departments. Last year, an analysis by Tissue Analytics showed that…
Submitted by Wound Source In the last two years, hospitals have seen unprecedented surges in admissions attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping across the world. Just in the United States, we saw a high of 116,243 weekly hospital admissions in mid-January of 2021. This dropped to a low of 13,424 in mid-June of 2021 and…
Net Health Tissue Analytics’ Digital Mobile App Highlight of Study Highlighting its value as a tool to help clinicians better manage wounds, recent findings from a study conducted in Australia show that the Tissue Analytics mobile app is easy to use, engages patients and drives improvements in objective and quantitative wound measurement. Tissue Analytics, a…
February 6-12 is National Burn Awareness Week. With this year’s theme, “Fires in the Kitchen,” the American Burn Association highlights the need for safety and vigilance in daily life. Understanding common causes and prevention methods are key to avoiding burn-related injuries. These and the latest in burn treatment and care are the focus of this nationally…
Remember the first time you rode a bike without training wheels? The excitement, fear, anticipation? For a lot of us, those early efforts resulted in a skinned knee or two and perhaps some tears. But within a few days, we were speeding down hills and around corners with the best of them. All it took was a…