What Counts as De-Identified Wound Care Data? A Practical Guide for Manufacturers and Researchers
De-identified wound care data is patient-level clinical information stripped of identifiers under HIPAA’s Safe Harbor or Expert Determination standards, which allows the data to move into competitive intelligence, PMCF submissions, and comparative effectiveness...The U.S. Eradicated this flesh-eating parasite. Now it’s back
The flesh eating New World screwworm has returned to the United States, threatening livestock, wildlife, pets and potentially people as it spreads north. A new UC San Diego tracking system aims to predict where the parasite could strike next while officials revive the...
How to Design a Comparative Effectiveness Study in Wound Care
A defensible comparative effectiveness study in wound care lives or dies on decisions made before a single data pull happens. By the end of this guide you’ll have a framework for designing a wound care comparative effectiveness study (CES) that holds up under...
What Is Comparative Effectiveness Research for Medical Devices? A Wound Care Guide
Comparative effectiveness research (CER) for medical devices compares outcomes across competing products or care pathways, often using real-world data, rather than testing a single device against placebo or a sham comparator. In wound care, that distinction matters...