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EAST LIVERPOOL -For the fourth consecutive year ,The Wound Care Center at East Liverpool City Hospital is being presented the Center of Distinction award in recognition of its high patient satisfaction rates, exceptional healing results, and outstanding clinical outcomes over the past 12 months.
This prestigious honor is awarded by the Center’s partner in wound healing, Healogics Inc., the nation’s leading wound care management company.
The Wound Care Center at East Liverpool City Hospital is also being presented the Center of Excellence Award in recognition of receiving the Center of Distinction award for the fourth consecutive year. The Wound Care Center at East Liverpool City Hospital has achieved success in treating and curing chronic or non-healing wounds and in providing excellent care to over 1,700 patients in the last year.
“DCS brings our hospital’s Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center enormous resources and expertise, enabling us to meet the increasing need for specialized wound care,” said Keith Richardson, chief executive officer. “We are thrilled to accept this award, and proud to offer this quality Center to our community.”
The Wound Care Center at East Liverpool City Hospital chose to partner with Healogics to ensure quality in providing specialized treatments to the Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the West Virginia area. In these communities, many are suffering from chronic and non-healing wounds-a serious disorder that can lead to amputation of limbs and dramatically impaired quality of life. Associated with inadequate circulation, poorly functioning veins, and immobility, non-healing wounds occur most frequently in the elderly and in people with diabetes and other diseases-populations that are sharply rising as the nation ages and chronic diseases increase.
Non-healing wounds of the diabetic foot are considered one of the most significant complications of diabetes, representing a major worldwide medical, social, and economic burden that greatly affects patient quality of life. Almost 24 million Americans-one in every 12-are diabetic and the disease is causing widespread disability and death at an epidemic pace, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those with diabetes, 6.5 million are estimated to suffer with chronic or non-healing wounds.
The Center generally accepts these wound patients immediately, working with referring physicians to determine the most effective course of treatment. This outpatient comprehensive service will offer advanced healing therapies often unavailable in primary care offices. These services use an interdisciplinary approach to treatment involving a variety of therapies and techniques, including debridement, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, dressing selection, special shoes, and patient education. When wounds persist and resist conventional treatment, a specialized approach is required for healing.
The Wound Care Center at the East Liverpool City Hospital, of the Healogics Inc. partnership, effectively utilize HBOT therapy to heal more than 35,000 diabetic wounds each year, providing more HBOT therapy than any other wound care provider in the world. Systemic HBOT therapy has been used to assist wound healing for more than 40 years, and is used as an adjunctive treatment for problematic, non-healing wounds that meet specific criteria. It is expected that 10-20 percent of the wound care cases will meet those criteria. These chambers will improve the already successful clinical results of the Center.
“We’re honored, “said Serita Brame, area program director. “It’s a privilege to be part of a great collaborative effort between the East Liverpool City Hospital and Healogics Inc. Together, we are able to heal patients in our community, getting them get back to living happy, healthy lives.”