The Wound Care Center and Hyperbaric Services at Atrium Medical Center has been recognized with a national award for clinical excellence.
The Center of Distinction Award was presented by Healogics, the nation’s leading and largest wound care management company. The Center was also honored with the Healogics President’s Circle Award.
The awards recognize outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a wound healing rate of at least 91 percent in less than 31 median days.
Chronic wounds affect millions of people in the U.S. The Wound Care Center and Hyperbaric Services at Atrium opened in 2015 and has treated more than 600 patients since opening.
“This award means patients of the Wound Care Center and Hyperbaric Services at Atrium are receiving an award-winning level of care available close to home for residents in the Butler and Warren county areas,” said Dr. Daniel Butler, co-medical director of the Wound Care Center at Atrium.
The Center offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds which have not healed in a reasonable amount of time. Some of the leading-edge treatments offered include negative pressure wound therapy, debridement, application of cellular-based tissue or skin substitutes to the wound, offloading or total contact casts and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
The rising incidence of chronic wounds can be correlated to obesity, vascular disease, an aging population, and radiation treatment side-effects which are often underlying causes. If left untreated, chronic wounds can lead to diminished quality of life and possibly amputation of an affected limb.
“We follow treatment protocols specifically established for each type of wound. We use leading approaches to wound healing and remain current in new scientific advances in wound care,” said Christina Skinner, program director of the Wound Care Center at Atrium. “Our treatment practices and protocols are designed to reintroduce the body's innate ability to heal.”
The Wound Care Center is made up of a team of professionals including physicians with advanced training in wound management and hyperbaric oxygen therapy; nursing staff trained in the care of chronic wounds; technicians who perform non-invasive studies and various therapies; and experienced staff to assist with appointments, medical records, and health insurance processing.
Services are designed to complement a primary physician’s care. Patients are frequently referred by their primary care physician, and the program operates by appointment. Based on an extensive evaluation, a customized treatment plan is developed to optimize the therapies best suited to address the patient’s needs. Care is administered on an outpatient basis.
Atrium offers these specialized services through a partnership with Healogics, the world’s largest wound care management company, with access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating approximately 2.5 million chronic wounds.
The Wound Care Center and Hyperbaric Services at Atrium is located in the Professional Building adjacent to the hospital at 200 Medical Center Drive, Middletown, OH 45005. To learn more or schedule an appointment, call 513-974-5700.
ABOUT THE WOUND CARE CENTER AND HYPERBARIC SERVICES AT ATRIUM
Location: 200 Medical Center Dr., Suite 105, Middletown, OH 45005
Phone: 513-974-5700
Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays
Website: www.atriummedcenter.org/wound
Services: Specializing in the treatment of non-healing, chronic wounds using hyperbaric oxygen therapy, negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies.
Conditions treated: The Center treats patients with chronic non-healing wounds including but not limited to diabetic wounds of the lower extremities; pressure ulcers; soft tissue radiation injuries; necrotizing infections; compromised skin grafts and flaps; burns; osteomyelitis; lymphedema; malignant wounds; and venus leg ulcer.
Based in Dayton, Ohio, Premier Health (www.premierhealth.com) has a mission to build healthier communities. The health system operates four hospitals: Miami Valley Hospital with an additional site at Miami Valley Hospital South; Good Samaritan Hospital; Atrium Medical Center; and Upper Valley Medical Center. In addition, the health system offers a large primary and specialty care network, along with home health services.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. Healogics and its affiliated companies manage nearly 800 Wound Care Centers® in the nation and saw over 300,000 new patients in 2016 through a connected network of partner hospitals and Wound Care Centers, academic medical centers, and other post-acute sites. Healogics utilizes an evidence-based systematic approach to chronic wound healing to treat an underserved and growing patient population. A fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private investment firm, is the majority shareholder of Healogics. For more information, please visit www.healogics.com.
