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How Telehealth Regulations Support Wound Care Providers & Hospital-owned Outpatient Wound Care Departments
By Cathy Hess, BSN, RN, CWCN, VP & Chief Clinical Officer for Wound Care, Net Health 360 Professional Services CMS recently released an updated IFR advancing and relaxing regulations regarding telehealth for healthcare providers. What this means for wound care providers is that telehealth is now a viable option that gives you a way to […]
Read MoreWound care startup Tissue Analytics was acquired by Pittsburgh’s Net Health. Here’s what it means for Baltimore.
It’s a milestone moment for the five-year-old wound care startup founded out of Johns Hopkins’ CBID. Now it will help grow predictive analytics to a Pittsburgh-based company with a leading role in health records software. This content is reprinted from a Technical.ly digital magazine article written by Stephen Babcock and published on May 18, 2020. […]
Read MoreBaltimore Startup Acquired by Major Pittsburgh Firm
This content is reprinted from a Baltimore Business Journal article written by Carley Milligan and published on May 15, 2020. Read the full article here. Baltimore’s Tissue Analytics has been acquired by electronic health records software company Net Health in a deal aimed at helping medical providers better care for wounds. The health IT startup was […]
Read MoreExpanded Telehealth Services Offer Smart Wound Care Workflows
We are living in unprecedented times. At the time of writing, the World Health Organization declared the 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak a public health emergency of international concern.1 This virus can potentially affect anyone, including healthcare workers, patients, families, friends, and neighbors. Before COVID-19, in any health care setting, engaging face-to-face with our wound care patients […]
Read MorePrivate: Response to “Define Your Pressure Injury Clinical Order Set within Your Workflow”
We read with interest the March 2020 Practice Points article, “Define Your Pressure Injury Clinical Order Set within Your Workflow,” by Cathy Thomas Hess, BSN, RN, CWOCN. Unfortunately, the author published an article in 2015 with similar information that does not reflect current research. As members of the small working group responsible for developing the nutrition […]
Read MoreAre Your Wound Care Workflows Clinically Appropriate?
The burden of chronic wounds is high. Associated morbidity, decreased quality of life, and, in some cases, mortality are among the many reasons significant interest is focused on the prevention and treatment of wounds and the patients you serve each and every day. It has been estimated that a single diabetic ulcer carries a cost […]
Read MorePrivate: Define Your Pressure Injury Clinical Order Set within Your Workflow
Diagnosing a specific wound type is a complex process, requiring accurate wound and skin assessment. Skill sets for accurate assessment include understanding the physical findings; evaluating the patient’s laboratory values, diagnostic tests, nutrition needs, and management modalities; implementing support surface products and off-loading devices; and so on. In addition, an accurate plan of care is […]
Read MoreChecklists for Successful Specialty Electronic Medical Record Implementation
Specialty electronic medical records (EMRs) have revolutionized the way data are collected, collated, and delivered at the press of a button. But are you sure that the information that you are documenting within your specialty EMR is truly reflective of your Clinical, Operational, Regulatory, and Economic (CORE)* processes? Understanding how the final documentation is compiled is […]
Read MoreTest Your Reimbursement Knowledge as the New Year Begins
In 2019, wound/ulcer management providers and professionals experienced many reimbursement changes. Because confusion still exists about many of these issues, this author recommends taking the self-test below. After you complete the test, download the answers to see how you did. Give yourself 4 points for every correct answer. Hopefully, everyone will score 100 points! If […]
Read More2019 in Review: Snapshots for Strategy to Refine Workflows
It has been quite a busy year! Although this column is not intended to exhaustively cover all rules and regulations, let’s look back at what we learned this year about the Quality Payment Program (QPP) and other documentation approaches to plan ahead using smart strategies. And remember, it is your responsibility to understand the rules […]
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