The Alliance organized and sponsored the Power™ meeting with costs being defrayed by manufacturers and associations with an interest in wound care research. Power™ team participants and study authors included:
- Thomas Serena, MD, FACS, Chair
- Marcia Nusgart, R Ph, Executive Director
- Barbara Bates-Jensen, RN, PhD
- Marissa Carter, PhD
- Renee Cordrey, PT, PhD(C), MSPT, MPH, CWS
- Vickie Driver, DPM, MS
- Caroline Fife, MD
- Paul Haser, MD
- Diane Krasner, PhD, RN, CWCN, CWS, BCLNC, FAAN
- Adrianne P. S. Smith, MD, ACEP, MAPWCA
- Robert Snyder, DPM, CWS
This meeting was originally conceived in response to the Center for Medical Technology Policy's (CMTP) effectiveness guidance document "Devices for Local Treatment of Chronic Wounds." The Alliance had concerns that if this document went unanswered by the wound care community, payers could adopt this document as a threshold standard that both wound care researchers and manufacturers would need to follow in order to gain coverage for future wound care technologies. Moreover, on closer examination, many wound care researchers realized that there is a true need for guidance from the wound healing community on the conduct of clinical research, particularly to non-RCT studies.