Avoiding Medical Malpractice

The internet has helped patients and their family members become smarter, better informed, and more aggressive about holding their doctors accountable. Thus, when a medical error occurs, legal action by the patient or their loved ones may mo...

Pressure Injuries/Ulcers and F-tag 686 (previously F-tag 314)

Pressure Injuries/Ulcers are defined as any lesion caused by unrelieved pressure that results in damage to the underlying tissue(s) over a bony prominence. 

Pressure Ulcer/Injury (PU/PI) refers to localized da...

Communication In Healthcare

Good wound care requires not only good assessment skills and good decision making skills, but also good commination skills. This is especially true with long term wound care patients. Those with chronic, poor, or non-healing wounds. Most of t...

Collagen Dressing

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body. There are 28 subtypes of collagen that have been identified and 3 subtypes that are specific to skin its underlying structures (i.e. tendon and bone) and wound healing (type 1, 3, and 4). Collagen is a...