Wound Care Advantage is excited to highlight Wound Healing Awareness Month (WHAM) in June. WHAM is a time to recognize all of those that are paddling through the rough waters of the healing process trying to catch a break. So, to truly celebrate Wound Healing Awareness Month, WCA wants to tip our surfboards to those … Continued
April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. A time when we pause to remember and honor the millions living with limb loss after an amputation. When advanced wound care strategies are not applied and a wound becomes unmanageable, physicians are oftentimes forced to turn to this extreme procedure. It is traumatic for the … Continued
It is a striking truth that chronic wounds are on the rise in the United States with 8.2 million people suffering from a non-healing wound, and climbing.¹ A chronic wound is a wound that cannot move through the healing process, generally taking longer than 4 weeks to heal.² With the rising rate of patients developing … Continued
To help centers and patients begin their journey for better health, Wound Care Advantage is celebrating National Nutrition Month this March by offering a free patient education handout. Nutrition and dietary choices play an important role in everyday life for people, and no one will disagree that proper nutrition is a one way ticket to … Continued
February is American Heart Month which is a good time to discuss and educate all teams and patients about chronic wounds and heart disease. Heart Disease is the cause of nearly 700,000 Americans’ death each year, making it the leading cause of death. One of the most prevalent complications of Heart Disease is Peripheral Artery … Continued
The longevity of Wound Care centers is crucial to the ever-growing population of people suffering from chronic wounds, and the overall wellness of your center comes down to its long-term sustainability. Not how it’s doing right now in the moment, but where it will be 5 years from now. However, Wound Care Advantage knows that … Continued
From turkeys and ham, to the potatoes and candied yams all smothered in gravy, ending with a slice of grandma’s pumpkin pie, nothing beats the holiday season like home cooked food on a snowy night. Unless you’re living with a diabetic foot ulcer. Then, navigating all the gooey, fire-roasted, deep-fried deliciousness, snow-ball fighting, and ice … Continued
To celebrate November’s National Diabetes Awareness Month, Wound Care Advantage does not want to focus on the statistics of Diabetes. Like the 37 million people suffering from diabetes, or the fact that up to 34% of those patients will develop a foot ulcer in their lifetime, and that DFUs are the number one leading cause … Continued
Education is a loaded term and is often regarded as something tedious and boring. Especially when it is required to maintain your career. So, how does one continue to educate the already professionals? Gamification and positive reinforcement. Gamifying education and using positive reinforcement might sound like tools found in a 7th-grade teacher’s pocket, but the … Continued
Read Part 1 The upcoming changes CMS is proposing on CTPs in regards to the treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Venous Leg Ulcers may have an impact for wound care programs on Medicare coding, coverage, and reimbursement. However, knowing what those changes are and what it means for wound care programs is sometimes unclear. … Continued