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		<title>Do You Remember?</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/12/23/do-you-remember/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 17:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several months ago, I went  to the City of Hope, a hospital specializing in cancer treatments, to visit a family member. Whenever the nurse came into the room , my cousin hung on every word she said. Her  actions, and her questions meant more to him than anything else in the world. That caregiver was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Patron Saint For Wound Care&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/10/12/a-patron-saint-for-wound-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over this past weekend, a true hero, a priest from the 1800’s was canonized, or identified as a saint, for his work with the victims of leporsy, now known as Hansen’s disease. The treatment of this disease was, in many ways, a precursor to the work we do in chronic wound care today.
In the late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Station Fire&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/09/01/station-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know, over the last several days, we have been contending with intensive out of control fires in the foothills here.
The fires have been very close to our Verdugo Hills Hospital facility. From our Wound Care Program and the Hyperbaric room, we have watched the efforts to stop this fire play out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hyperbaric Chambers Are Not Bags!</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/08/25/hyperbaric-chamber-are-not-bags/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/08/25/hyperbaric-chamber-are-not-bags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:15:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This brief mention on Hyperbaric Chambers from WIRED Magazine,  highlights the ongoing lack of education regarding the proven benefits of Hyperbaric Medicine. ]]></description>
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		<title>How a Knucklehead Started a Wound Care Company&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/08/21/wound-care-advantage/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/08/21/wound-care-advantage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Comer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I was asked the other day to blog about my background and how I got involved in wound care. This is my attempt at describing the fantastic ride I have been on for the last eighteen years.
When I founded Wound Care Advantage in 2002, I had come from several unique experiences in our industry. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wound Care Advantage</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/08/20/24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over eighty-million people were born between 1946 and 1964. This translates into the largest number of seniors ever experienced in the United States. These seniors are also experiencing the highest levels of Diabetes, Vascular Disease, Obesity and wounds ever seen in our history.
Over the next two decades these baby-boomers will put an unprecedented strain on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wound Telemedicine</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/08/20/wound-telemedicine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 14:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you close your eyes and try to imagine health care of the future, what does it look like?
For me the answer to that question was always a Jestons like TV screen where a doctor would immediately speak with me face to face, solve my problem, and have my medicine sent to me without ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care Reform</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/08/01/health-care-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 15:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past few weeks I have been reading a book entitled; &#8220;The Innovators Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for HealthCare by Clayton M. Christensen, and I can&#8217;t help but feel that the solution the authors advocate is almost a direct description of out-patient Wound Care Programs. The book outlines a disruptive approach that allows patients [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wound Care Contracts</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/07/28/wound-care-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/07/28/wound-care-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How long is your contract?
This past week WCA was asked to review a program to determine what if any improvements need to be made. We were shocked to find out that the hospital had a fifteen year contract with the management company. Is it just us or does that seem ridiculous? Now more than ever, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wound Care Management</title>
		<link>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/07/28/wound-care-management-options-for-hospitals/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.woundcareadvantage.com/2009/07/28/wound-care-management-options-for-hospitals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:24:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last few months we have received several calls from Hospitals that have a current Wound Care and or a Hyperbaric Program looking for more cost effective models. Many are currently with a management company with the contract coming to an end, and they don&#8217;t know if they have the needed tools and skills [...]]]></description>
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