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.TOP NEWS
A guide to Medicare's new remote patient monitoring program
Podiatry Management
This article explains remote patient monitoring, how to implement it into podiatry practices
and reviews how well a trial worked
for a group of patients and practices. Remote patient monitoring is a
new Medicare program that takes
advantage of advanced technology to
improve the way care for chronic disease is delivered.
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.PROFESSION NEWS
Office-based advanced wound care therapy
Lower Extremity Review
As diabetic foot ulcers plague more patients, wound care management — including a host of new technologies — are driving an increase in office visits.
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Recognizing denial and behaviors in patients with diabetes
Podiatry Today
Some folks have a real psychological need to be “in control.” All their lives, these individuals resist authority, public opinion and social pressures to conform. They may be devilishly effective salespeople and negotiators, but one cannot cheat diabetes at the bargaining table.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
How biometrics can help your patients during COVID-19 and beyond
By Lisa Mulcahy
 As a healthcare administrator or physician, you know that your patients are dealing with heightened anxiety during COVID-19. Concerns about face-to-face treatment, financial worries, and a strong need for convenience and ease in interactions are just a few of the issues your patients are wrestling with. One powerful way you can help pacify their fears and make their treatments easier than ever is by implementing biometric technology within your organization, facilities and clinician practices.
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How to effectively communicate to get patients back to the office
Physicians Practice
While physicians’ practices realized a steep drop in patient visits soon after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of those patients are now starting to return.
At the same time, there are still numerous patients who are not comfortable visiting any medical offices or clinics, so there is a need for operators to better communicate all the measures they are taking to keep protect patients while they are in the office.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
Telemedicine: Gains, losses, and debates
By Keith Carlson
Telemedicine and telehealth are apparently here to stay, galvanized into intensive service amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. With approximately 20% of all medical visits in the United States estimated to be conducted via telemedicine during the course of 2020, and $29.3 billion in global revenue, we can see that this form of medical practice has truly taken hold. What are we gaining, who is losing out, and what might we be missing when more healthcare is delivered without patient and provider being in the same room?
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. CURRENT RESEARCH ARTICLES OF INTEREST
Saving the diabetic foot during the COVID-19 pandemic: A tale of 2 cities
Diabetes Care
Of all the late complications of diabetes, those involving the foot have traditionally
required more face-to-face patient visits to clinics to treat wounds by debridement,
offloading, and many other treatment modalities. The advent of the coronavirus
disease 2019 pandemic has resulted not only in the closing of most
outpatient clinics for face-to-face consultations but also in the inability to perform
most laboratory and imaging investigations.
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Ankle flossing alters periarticular stiffness and arterial blood flow in asymptomatic athletes
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
Tissue flossing has been introduced to increase ROM and flexibility, to enhance prevention and rehabilitation, as well as to improve athletic performance; however, limited evidence exists for its efficacy. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of ankle flossing on periarticular stiffness and perfusion via acoustic radiation force impulse elastography and Power Doppler Sonography.
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Obesity is a risk factor for greater COVID-19 severity
Diabetes Care
The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has attracted increasing worldwide attention. Obesity commonly aggravates the severity of respiratory diseases, but it is currently not known whether obese patients are also more likely to have greater COVID-19 severity of illness.
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