Notes, research, and updates from Open Wound Research.

How many mobile wound care providers are there?

Mobile Wound Care
I was speaking to my co-founder of Open Wound Research, Ryan Dirks, and an interesting question came up between us. Just how many mobile wound care providers are there? By…
Jul 22, 2025
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The Braden Scale as a Statistical Model

Braden Scale
Modeling
Bayesian
I just did a great podcast with Rob Fraser from SWIFT, and we began talking about Pressure Ulcer risk, the Braden Scale, and machine learning. It got me thinking about how…
Sep 12, 2024
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Simulating Wound Data is Easier Than You Think

Data Science
Modeling
Simulation
As a modeler, I oftentimes simulate wound care data to test models prior to fitting those same models to real data. Why would one do this? With simulated data one know…
May 6, 2024
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An Initial Rough Estimate of the Potential Cost to the CAMPS Industry of the new CMS LCDs

CAMPS
Medicare
Local Coverage Determination
All eight CMS Medicare Administrative Contractors (MACs) promulgated proposed concurrent Local Coverage Determinations (LCD’s) on April 25th for Skin Substitutes. In all but…
Apr 30, 2024
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An Overview of Nonequivelent Group Study Designs in Wound Care

Study Design
Quasi-Experimental
Nonequivelent Group Designs
Much of wound-care research is not randomized control studies, but rather quasi-experimental studies. The most commonly used quasi-experimental design is the nonequivalent…
Apr 28, 2024
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