Center Receives Recognition for 7th Consecutive Year
April 28, 2022 – Wellington Regional Medical Center’s Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine has been recognized as a Center of Distinction by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction rates higher than 92 percent and a healing rate of 92 percent over the past year. There were more than 600 centers eligible for the Center of Distinction award.
“The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine remains one of the most elite wound care programs in the country,” said Pam Tahan, CEO, Wellington Regional Medical Center. “The exceptional leadership team, as well as the outstanding physicians, nurses and therapists, continues to generate amazing results for our patients in need of wound care therapy.”
The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine is a member of the Healogics network of over 600 wound care centers and offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds, which have not healed in a reasonable amount of time.
Advanced wound care modalities provided by our wound care experts include negative pressure wound therapy, total contact casting, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies. The Center also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which works by surrounding the patient with 100 percent oxygen to help progress the healing of the wound.
“The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine specializes in patients with complex and non-healing wounds,” said Marie Neshe, Program Director. “This recognition is an indication of the level of commitment our program’s team members have to ensuring our patients have the best possible outcome.”
The Center for Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine is located on the Wellington Regional Campus at 1397 Medical Park Blvd., Suite 180. The Center can also be reached by calling 561-753-2680.
About Wellington Regional Medical Center
Wellington Regional Medical Center is a 235-bed acute care hospital accredited by The Joint Commission. Celebrating more than 35 years of treating residents in Wellington and the surrounding community, the hospital offers a wide range of services, including comprehensive stroke care, comprehensive lung program, minimally invasive services, cardiac services, a birthing center and level III NICU, comprehensive women’s center, hepatobiliary surgical procedures, intraoperative radiation therapy, interventional procedures and a wellness and weight loss center. To learn more about the hospital, please visit www.wellingtonregional.com.
About Healogics
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year over 300,000 patients received advanced wound care through a network of over 600 Wound Care Centers. Healogics also partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for patients with chronic wounds and provides inpatient consults at more than 60 partner hospitals. As the industry leader, Healogics has the largest repository of chronic wound-specific patient data in the country. The Healogics Wound Science Initiative offers peer-reviewed research and advanced analytics in the pursuit of not only better outcomes, but a better way to provide care.
