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Podiatry Management
Effectively marketing yourself and your practice to
patients and other physicians is time-consuming
and oftentimes downright
overwhelming. Developing a niche
can be beneficial to help narrow
down your options, and provides a good starting
point to make your
marketing efforts
more manageable. One such
niche is what
your practice
provides in
servicing the
diabetic population.
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Podiatry Today
Although weakness in the peroneal tendon can be a factor in lateral ankle instability, physicians can overlook the peroneal tendon. Accordingly, this author discusses what to look for in the diagnostic workup, offers salient surgical pearls and presents a pertinent case study.
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
There are various established scoring systems to assess the outcome of clubfoot treatment after correction with the Ponseti method. We used five measures to compare the results in a cohort of children followed up for between 3.5 to 5 years.
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European Journal of Clinical Investigation
Diabetes and its complications constitute a rising medical challenge. Special attention should be given to diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) due to its high rate of associated amputation and mortality. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) is a frequently used supportive modality in a diabetic foot with ulcerations (DFUs).
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McKnight's Long-Term Care News
Researchers at the University of Arkansas are using autofluorescence, the naturally occurring omission of light by cells, to diagnose and monitor chronic skin wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers and pressure wounds.
The biomedical engineers used a process called label-free multiphoton microscopy to view tissue and generate 3-D maps of wound metabolism.
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Podiatry Today
Christopher R. writes:
As the field of podiatry continues to advance and graduate residents with a greater well-rounded residency experience and those who also perform a post-graduate fellowship, the training in our profession continues to push the bounds of foot and ankle medicine. I am grateful and appreciative of those before me laying the groundwork both in residency and real life.
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By Dorothy L. Tengler
 In the delicate doctor-patient relationship, not telling the truth to patients requires special attention because patients can suffer serious harm if lied to by their physicians. Not only is patient autonomy undermined, but patients who are not told the truth may experience a loss of trust, and trust is essential for healing. Similarly, patient failure to disclose medically relevant information to their physicians can undermine patient care or even lead to patient harm. A recent survey showed that patients commonly withhold medically relevant information from their clinicians, a pattern that may adversely affect the quality of patient care.
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| | PRACTICE MANAGEMENT PEARLS FROM THE INSTITUTE FOR PODIATRIC EXCELLENCE AND DEVELOPMENT (IPED) |
Physicians Practice
Medical practices can be lucrative businesses. That’s why banks consider them good credit risks. However, it is expensive to operate a medical practice, and cash flow can be irregular — especially in today’s medical billing environment.
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| | CURRENT RESEARCH ARTICLE OF INTEREST |
Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of foot exercises on wound healing in type 2 diabetic patients with a diabetic foot ulcer.
Sixty-five patients from an outpatient clinic with grade 1 or 2 ulcers (Wagner classification) who met study criteria agreed to participate; 60 patients completed the study and were included in the final analysis. Subjects were followed up between February 2014 and June 2015.
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ACFAOM
An ACFAOM Certified Clinical Podiatric Medical Assistant (CCPMA) can perform routine nail care, pre-treatment foot exams, collect client health information correctly, set up a sterile field and much more. Click here for additional information about the CCPMA qualification and its potential value for your practice.
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