Radio Interview with Dr. Jeff Levine on Photographing Aging Around the World
This interview appeared on Care Diary: Simplifying Life for the Caregiver on Tuesday, January 26, 2013. The host is Margery Papst. Click here to access the interview.
Pressure Ulcer Knowledge in Medical Residents: An Opportunity for Improvement
This article was published in Advances in Skin & Wound Care: March 2012 – Volume 25 – Issue 3 – p 115–117 My co-authors were: Elizabeth A. Ayello PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, CWON, MAPWCA, FAAN; Karen Zulkowski, DNS, RN, CWS; and Joyce Fogel MD, FACP ABSTRACT: With the aging population and increasing complexity of patients with pressure ulcers (also known as pressure sores, decubitus ulcers, or …Read More
Rockefeller Center Photo Makes News
One of my photos recently appeared in Rockefeller Center in a promotion for the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing. This is the geriatric arm of the NYU College of Nursing, and its mission is to shape the quality of health care of older adults through excellence in nursing practice. The window featured a 93 year old woman from Texas, Edith McAllister, who I recently blogged …Read More
Skin: An Essential Organ
Skin: An Essential Organ is Chapter 4 in Wound Care Esentials: Practice Principles, published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. The 3rd Edition of this book was just released in September 2011. This chapter was co-authored by Dr. Jeffrey M Levine with Sharon Baranoski, MSN, RN, CWCN, Elizabeth A. Ayello PhD, RN, ACNS-BC, and Marjana Tomic-Canic PhD, RN. Wound Care Essentials is a popular textbook for …Read More
Training Video for MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Condition
In the summer of 2010 I helped the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) introduce the new MDS section for skin condition. I gave a two hour talk in Las Vegas which was videotaped and posted on YouTube by CMS. This video goes over pressure ulcer prevention, coding, wound identification, staging, and treatment. It also covers coding guidelines for pressure ulcers present on admission. As …Read More
MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Conditions: What the Medical Director Needs to Know
This article was published in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association (JAMDA), volume 12, #3, pages 179-183, March 2011. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the new Resident Assessment Instrument version 3.0, which went into effect October 1, 2010. The intention of the revised Resident Assessment Instrument is to improve health-related quality of life and care planning, and incorporate evolving …Read More
15 Years of Covers on The Gerontologist
This video explores my photographic work that has appeared on the cover of The Gerontologist (TG) over the past 15 years. The Gerontologist is published by Oxford University Press, and is the flagship journal of the Gerontological Society of America, and is devoted to multidisciplinary research and education in all aspects of aging. I started publishing photos on TG back in 1996. The subjects include friends, teachers, …Read More
Geriatrics Review Syllabus Audio Companion: Review Of Pressure Ulcers
January 8, 2011 The Geriatrics Review Syllabus (GRS7) Audio Companion is designed to keep professionals up to date on geriatric medicine, and also for doctors who are preparing for Board Examinations. Dr. Jeffrey Levine recorded the audio version of a review of pressure ulcers for the American Geriatrics Society’s current versiion of the Geriatrics Review Syllabus. The content goes into the basics of risk factor …Read More
Essentials Of MDS 3.0 Section M: Skin Conditions
This article was published in Advances in Skin & Wound Care. 23(6):273-284, June 2010. This is a CME (Continuing Medical Education) article published in the June issue of Advances in Skin & Wound Care. It gives the basics of revised MDS 3.0 specifically regarding the section on skin condition. Those clinicians working with pressure ulcers in long-term care will need to know Section M of …Read More
Pocket Guide To Pressure Ulcers And Other Common Wounds Seen In Clinical Practice
This pocket guide to pressure ulcers sold over 30,000 copies in its first year of publication. This book is designed for clinicians who need quick access to information to help with wound identification and staging. Richly illustrated with line drawings and photographs, and laminated for durability, any clinician treating chronic wounds will find this guide helpful. The book covers pressure ulcer prevention, staging, diagnosis of …Read More
