ASWC Words on Wounds

In this episode of Words on Wounds, Dr Igor Melnychuk describes his personal experiences in Ukraine, and offers insights into the types of wounds seen in modern combat, problems faced by medical staff working in war zones, and how the US can better prepare.

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In this episode of Words on Wounds, Dr Jason Mendivil and Dr Martin Johnson describe their retrospective data analysis investigating real-world clinical treatment of patients with chronic diabetic foot ulcers with an autologous, multilayered patch. Read the related article in the November issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care.

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In this episode of Words on Wounds, Dr Amit Gefen and Dr Dave Brienza, co-Guest Editors of the October issue of Advances, which has a special focus on biomedical engineering, "Today's Research Advances Tomorrow's Practice," dive into how biomedical engineering impacts wound care and prevention currently and describe exciting future prospects and research directions.

https://journals.lww.com/aswcjournal/Documents/Transcripts/Podcast%20transcript%20Gefen%2C%20Brienza.docx

In this episode of Word on Wounds, Alliance of Wound Care Stakeholders Founder and CEO Marcia Nusgart, RPh and Health Care Policy Advisor Karen Ravitz, JD discuss how clinicians' advocacy to CMS, FDA, and Congress can address coverage and payment challenges and improve patient access to care. Marcia and Karen cover past successes, then dive into one of the "hot button" policy issues today – Medicare coverage and payment of cellular and tissue-based products for wounds (CTPs, previously known as "skin substitutes"). Get up to speed on policy issues impacting wound care today and learn how you as a wound care provider can have a voice to impact policy change.

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In this episode of Words on Wounds, Dr Laura Swoboda and Dr Kevin Woo explain how the extracellular matrix product Endoform (Aroa Biosurgery) works to decrease inflammation and promote wound healing and describe their personal experiences using Endoform to treat chronic wounds.

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In this episode of Words on Wounds, "Payment Strategies" author and reimbursement strategy expert Kathleen Schaum presents three scenarios to Dr Windy Cole, quizzing her on her knowledge of Medicare Part B-covered surgical dressings for patients to use at home based on the local coverage determination. Listen along with Dr Cole to see if you can address the scenarios correctly and gain practical advice on ordering appropriate dressings for your patients. For further practice, take the "Payment Strategies" self-test in the June issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care, "If You Do Not Score 100% on This Self-Test, Consider Not Ordering Surgical Dressings for Medicare Part B-Covered Patients to Use at Home!"

Podcast sponsored by Dakin's Wound Cleanser

When it comes to treating persistent, hard-to-heal, or complex wounds, you need a solution you can trust. Dakin's Wound Cleanser is an FDA-approved device for wound cleansing and management. It's powerful, cost effective, and easy to order. Studies have shown this formulation to be effective in killing 99.99999% of MRSA, VRE, and biofilm-forming bacteria within 30 seconds! (Barsoumian et al). Visit www.GetDakins.com/ASWC to request a sample today!

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In this episode of Words on Wounds, Dr Sharon Latimer describes the creation and use of an assessment tool to evaluate suspected end-of-life wounds, explains the differences between end-of-life wounds and pressure injuries, and outlines the repercussions associated with misclassifying these wounds.

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In this episode of Words on Wounds, Dr Julia Paul reflects on writing her recent Practice Points articles and effective practices in nursing education.

When it comes to treating persistent, hard-to-heal, or complex wounds, you need a solution you can trust. Dakin's Wound Cleanser is an FDA-approved device for wound cleansing and management. It's powerful, cost effective, and easy to order. Studies have shown this formulation to be effective in killing 99.99999% of MRSA, VRE, and biofilm-forming bacteria within 30 seconds! (Barsoumian et al) Visit www.GetDakins.com/ASWC to request a sample today!

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In this episode of Words on Wounds, Dr Hamid Khoja, Chief Scientific Officer of FibroBiologics, describes exciting research developments in the use of fibroblast cell-based therapies to accelerate wound healing and treat chronic disorders such as degenerative disc disease and multiple sclerosis.

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In this episode of Words on Wounds, authors Elizabeth Savage, MSN, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, IIWCC and Jessica Lieder, MSN, RN, AGPCNP-BC, CWON, IIWCC discuss their article ""Examining Violaceous Skin Discoloration during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Conducting Research in Resource Scarcity", which appears in the March issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care. They describe the appearance of unusual purpuric violaceous lesions as part of the COVID-19 disease process, which appeared to be distinct from deep tissue pressure injury.

https://journals.lww.com/aswcjournal/Documents/Transcripts/Podcast%2029%20Savage%20transcript.docx