Wound management tool. (Product Watch).Developed by Patti Johnston, RN, CWOCN CWOCN Certified Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurse (professional nurse certification) , president of Positive Outcomes, Inc., and available exclusively from Briggs Corporation, HealPROtocols[TM] are a series of 11 wound management protocols available on CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . The first electronic solution to incorporate documentation and clinical procedures, HealPROtocols provides generic procedures and products. The protocols can be personalized to include an organization's name at the top of each page and specific products to support the formulary formulary /for·mu·lary/ (for´mu-lar?e) a collection of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions. National Formulary see under N. for·mu·lar·y n. . HealPROtocols improves clinical and financial outcomes, is convenient and easy to use, easily supports an organization's wound care formulary, and simplifies gaining physician's approval and signature. Also included on the HealPROtocols CD-ROM are Risk Assessment Intervention Guide, Case Manager Wound Report, Lower Extremity Documentation, and Ostomy ostomy Surgical opening in the body, or the operation creating it, usually to allow discharge of wastes through the abdominal wall. It may be temporary, to relieve strain on damaged organs, or permanent, to replace normal channels congenitally missing or surgically removed Documentation. Circle 186 on Reader Service Card |
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