The transition to ICD-10 is required for everyone covered by the Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA). See this list of ICD-10 resources:

Shield HealthCare & The Wound Care Education Institute team up to provide an insightful webinar - peristomal skin complications.

In this article, originally published by The Atlantic, learn about Brazil's policies that promote breastfeeding for the women of the country.

California Hospitals Will be Required to Rope in Family Caregivers By Michael Sandler for Modern Healthcare A California state law that takes effect in the new year aims to help hospital patients better transition home with the aid of informed family members and friends, a move that could improve quality of care, prevent readmissions and cut costs.… Continue reading California Hospitals Will be Required to Rope in Family Caregivers

Caring for a child, especially a young one, can be terrifying and rewarding at the same time. Enjoy this heartwarming story with a happy ending.

Looking for the latest ENFit update? Click here.   Here’s a quick recap on ENFit: When enteral tubing is accidentally connected to non-enteral tubing (enteral misconnections), patient harm may result. One example of enteral misconnection is a feeding tube connected to an intravenous line. ENFit is a solution to improve patient safety by preventing enteral… Continue reading Infinity Feeding Sets Return to Red Stepped Connectors

Watch Shield HealthCare’s Registered Dietitian’s video about how to bolus/syringe feed through your child’s feeding tube.

Laura answers a question about how to slow down ileostomy output during the night. This enables people with frequent output to get a better night sleep.

The body is a complex and remarkable machine, and the dynamic process of wound healing is a great example of how our body’s different systems, along with the proper wound care products, work together to repair and replace devitalized tissues. But how, exactly, does our body heal? When the skin is injured, our body sets into… Continue reading How Wounds Heal: The 4 Main Phases of Wound Healing

By Tracy Seipel for the San Jose Mercury News In a new strategy to force the state to spend more on health care for the poor, civil rights activists on Tuesday alleged that millions of California’s Latinos — who make up the bulk of the state’s 12.6 million Medi-Cal enrollees — are being denied timely access… Continue reading Latinos, Other Medi-Cal Recipients Denied Access to Health Care Activists Allege