Health Economic Implications of
Wound Care and Limb Preservation

A continuing medical education activity sponsored by NAMCP and AAMCN
This activity was held live at the 2007 Fall Managed Care Forum.

This activity is valid from February 15, 2008 to December 31, 2009.

 

Audience: This activity is intended for healthcare professionals practicing in managed care environments.

This activity is supported by an educational grant from KCI

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Summary
Ulcers and the subsequent consequences are costly to the health care system. Prevention of ulcers is important in all diabetic patients. Once an ulcer occurs, it must be treated quickly and aggressively to prevent amputation. One option for limb preservation is the use of negative pressure wound therapy to promote faster healing, get patients out of the hospital faster, and reduce overall costs.

Objectives

  • Review evidence based studies on optimal treatment time for diabetic wounds
  • Evaluate the benefits of diabetic wound treatment and the impact on managed care
     

Faculty: Vickie Driver, DPM, MS, FACFAS, Director, Clinical Research, Ambulatory of Lower Extremity Ambulatory Research (CLEAR)

Jean de Leon, MD, Associate Medical Director of Rehab Services & Wound Care, Baylor Specialty Hospital

   

Disclosure:

Dr. Driver has no financial relationships to disclose.
Dr. de Leon serves as a consultant/advisor to Regenesis Biomedical and Celleration. She serves on the speakers bureau for Coloplast and KCI. NAMCP CME committee determined these did not present a conflict of interest in regards to the content of his presentation.

 

Accreditation & Designation

The National Association of Managed Care Physicians (NAMCP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. NAMCP designates this activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category I creditsTM. Each physician should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

The American Association of Managed Care Nurses (AAMCN) has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the Virginia Nurses Association (VNA) VNA is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nurses who complete this activity will be awarded 1.0 contact hours.

This activity has been approved by the American Board of Managed Care Nursing for 1.0 contact hours toward CMCN recertification requirements.

  

This activity is supported by an educational grant from KCI