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Standardization. Great in theory, but hard to achieve.
Easy-to-use, cloud-based tool for continuous quality improvement that helps.
Making it personal: How standardization and personalized care work together
Personalized care can complement your facility’s focus on standardization. Learn how to empower caregivers to do both.
Wound measurement tools: Your guide to what works best
Effective wound assessment relies on accurate measurements. Compare 4 types of devices to help choose the right one for your wound care needs.
PluroGel® vs. hydrogel: What’s the difference?
Is PluroGel the same as hydrogel? Find out the differences between these two debridement products.
Standardization is essential to better skin and wound management: Here’s why
Check out top areas of opportunity to improve skin and wound outcomes, focusing on the 3 keys to consistent care.
EXPERT-LED WEBINAR
ICD-10-CM Codes for Moisture-Associated Skin Damage
Best Practices
Five-layer foam dressing: How this innovative technology helps you care for wounds
Clinicians are searching for a foam dressing for treating pressure ulcers. Learn how this technology heals exuding wounds and protects surrounding skin.
How do you help prevent pressure injuries at the heels?
Preventing pressure injuries/ulcers is an important aspect of both clinical care and the healthcare system at large.
Fight MASD wounds with the right system of products
Deliver care for masd wounds with products that manage incontinence-associated dermatitis and other skin breakdown from moisture.
Prevention & Treatment
ICD-10-CM codes for moisture-associated skin damage
ICD-10-CM codes for MASD recently went into effect. Explore actions you need to take to incorporate them into your practice.
Venous leg ulcers: How to heal and prevent recurrence
Download a handout that helps patients understand how to prevent venous leg ulcers, care for their own VLU at home and prevent recurring wounds.
Pressure injury prevention: Current state and its implications
During the height of COVID-19, as the number of critically ill patients and residents increased, caregivers suddenly needed to redirect their time and resources away from skin health.
Operational Performance
Riverside Healthcare: A case study on systemness
Systemness began with standardizing wound care.
Reduce administrative task burdens to help fight nursing burnout
Nurse burnout has multiple factors, including administrative burdens in healthcare. Here are 3 ways to make clinical documentation less stressful.
Healthcare economics: Costs of preventing versus treating skin breakdown
Clinicians work hard to protect patients from skin damage that may contribute to pressure injuries. But preventable pressure injuries/ulcers still occur.
Health economics: The right wound care products help drive cost savings
How choosing the right wound care products can help improve patient outcomes and save money
News room
- December 13, 2022The top Medline Newsroom stories of 2022
This year was all about looking forward: utilizing the challenges and lessons learned during the pandemic as a catalyst for new and innovative solutions to ultimately make healthcare better and more r… - October 19, 2022The top infection prevention challenges facing long-term care providers
Medline has completed “discovery assessments” with more than 100 providers across the nation, with the goals of identifying gaps in infection control practices and implementing training and other viab… - October 13, 2022Medline hosts infection prevention and wound care experts
Medline's Skin Health and Infection Prevention Acute Care advisory boards provide ‘a lens’ into today's healthcare challenges and solutions. The post Medline hosts infection prevention and w… - September 27, 2022Medline clinical assessments: Helping hospitals get protocols back on track
Ongoing staff shortages have disrupted and upended many hospital protocols, potentially increasing healthcare-acquired conditions (HACs), diminishing patient outcomes, and impacting performance-based… - August 2, 2022McKnight’s: Wound care experts deepen training resolve post-COVID
Fewer staff with less experience means a renewed focus on skin care basics. The post McKnight’s: Wound care experts deepen training resolve post-COVID appeared first on Medline Newsroom.
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