The Paralympics' Origin Story Is A Moving Lesson In Caring For The Forgotten
Less than a century ago, a spinal cord injury was considered something of a death sentence. Most people before World War II died within three years of sustaining one. And before death, they were mostly cast aside from society and forgotten, largely considered a lost cause.
But something changed in 1944 when a doctor named Ludwig Guttmann opened the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain. A Jewish emigrant from Nazi Germany, Guttmann was a neurologist by trade who hoped to improve the general condition of paraplegics, and the Stoke Mandeville Hospital would become his center for helping those who sus...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Derma Sciences, Organogenesis tout Medicare reimbursement win
Updated to include more information, commentary from Organogenesis.
Medicare administrative contractor National Government Services has retired previous coverage policies on cellular and tissue-based products, effective September 1st.
The change will allow new coverages and reimbursement through Medicare for such products based on FDA labeling and packaging.
Derma Sciences (NSDQ:DSCI and Organogenesis have said the changes will allow for their products to receive coverage and reimbursement for individuals covered under NGS.
Approximately 24 million Medicare Part B beneficiaries are covered by NGS, and with the change ...
Source: Mass Device - August 25, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Medicare Regenerative Medicine Derma Sciences Inc. Source Type: news
Five Stars For CMS, A Federal Agency Standing Up For Healthcare Transparency
Yesterday I met a lovely, gracious woman who I’ll call Deborah. She confided a deeply distressing story about her experience in a hospital. Deborah’s mother was admitted for a minor procedure and, after suffering a cascading series of errors, ended up with bedsores so severe the bones were exposed. These are called stage 3 or stage 4 pressure ulcers—formally classified as“never events”—extremely dangerous, extraordinarily painful and often deadly wounds that are virtually 100% preventable. Deborah’s mom died shortly thereafter. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - August 1, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Leah Binder Source Type: news
Skin treatment for infected pressure sores and superbugs could revolutionise hospital care
< a href="http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/694642/pressure-sores-treatment-superbug-hospitals-skin-cream-breakthrough" > < img src="http://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/11/590x/694642_1.jpg"/ > < /a > < br / > < br / > A CREAM which could make bacteria slide off the skin could revoutionise the fight against superbugs and painful pressure sores which affects millions of people in hospital every year. < img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/daily-express-life-and-style-health-news/~4/WsgwKgpiWVk" height="1" width="1" alt=""/ > (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 29, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Trust trains HCAs to spot early pressure ulcer signs
Healthcare assistants at Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals are being trained to focus on spotting the early warning signs of pressure ulcers, under a new education programme. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 26, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Pressure Sores
(Bedsores) (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - July 15, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Integrated Healing Technologies raises $2m to support wound closure devices
Wound care device developer Integrated Healing Technologies raised $2 million in a new round of equity financing, according to an SEC filing posted today.
Integrated Healing Technologies is developing negative pressure wound therapy devices for treating difficult to heal, or chronic, wounds. The company’s system works through removing biofilm, binding and removing pathogens from the wound site and removing exudate by applying negative pressure, according to its site.
Current products from the company include the New Era I and New Era II negative pressure wound therapy pumps designed to deliver negative pressure and remov...
Source: Mass Device - July 13, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News Wound Care Integrated Healing Technologies Source Type: news
Smith & Nephew touts Allevyn Life study of pressure ulcers
This study validates the need for a comprehensive, proactive, collaborative prevention programme in hospitals. Although it is difficult to isolate the effects of individual programme components, silicone foam dressings can complement an existing pressure ulcer prevention programme, and are believed to contribute to the reduction in HAPUs,” Eskenazi RN Rachel Culpepper said in prepared remarks.
Additional components of the program included education and an extra focus on protocol adherence for patient care, the company said.
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Source: Mass Device - July 6, 2016 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Clinical Trials Hospital Care Smith & Nephew Source Type: news
Trust’s ‘big drive’ against pressure ulcers pays off
There has been a big reduction over the past year in the number of patients experiencing hospital acquired pressure ulcers in Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - July 4, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Clenched fist injury complicated by septic arthritis and osteomyelitis treated with negative pressure wound therapy: one case report - Kilian M.
We reported a 30 years old man who suffered a bite wound of the right hand in a fight. Two days after the injury, he was admitted in emergency because of stab wound above the head of the third metacarpal bone. He presented the swelling, redness, pain and f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 25, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Are You Getting the Best Health care? Evidence Says: Maybe Not
This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - June 11, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Blog: Cultural imposition and pressure ulcer prevention
I have always been uncomfortable with the use of the term ‘blanch test’. The word ‘blanch’ means to turn white. Its origin probably stems from the French verb ‘blanchir’ which means to whiten, bleach or launder
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Source: Nursing in Practice - June 6, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Kerrie Schofield Tags: Dermatology Wound care Source Type: news
Nurses Cut Rate of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers in HalfNurses Cut Rate of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers in Half
A nurse-led initiative reduced the incidence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by half, saving one hospital hundreds of thousands of dollars. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - May 20, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Nursing News Source Type: news
South coast nurse wins award for leg ulcer work
Clare Mechen, an advanced nurse practitioner and nurse manager from Dorset, has won a scholarship from the Lindsay Leg Club Foundation for her work on the community management of pressure ulcers. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - April 12, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
SUIs need further investigation, says BMA
The number of SUIs (serious untoward incidents) in Welsh hospitals has increased by 128 per cent in the past three years, figures obtained by the Conservatives have revealed.
In 2014/15, the number of incidents that resulted in severe harm or avoidable deaths to patients was 945. In 2011/12 the figure was 414.
BMA Cymru Wales has questioned what the figures represent and has called for further investigation.
The Conservatives have used the figures to repeat their call for a Keogh-style inquiry.
Darren Millar conservative shadow health minister, said: ‘One avoidable death is one too many and the alarming rate a...
Source: BMA News - April 7, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news
