Ongoing education and research is critically important to advancing the field of wound care. To help our provider partners stay informed about the latest wound care best practices and developments, we provide a collection of wound care provider resources, including blog posts, articles, studies, guidelines, webinars and white papers.
The winter holidays can often be disruptive to a patient’s continuity of care, particularly to patients living with chronic wounds who often require regular and consistent visits and/or procedures. While many may think that skipping a few visits or postponing care for a few weeks is harmless, analysis on claims data from The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) suggests skipping visits increases the risk of being admitted into the hospital.
In an innovative approach to wound care management, two Midwest hospitals partnered with Healogics to create a program that emphasized earlier intervention and a higher level of wound care integration throughout the care continuum. An initial pilot project demonstrated considerable successes in the reduction of care costs, readmissions and length of stay for hospital inpatients patients with chronic wounds – a group that typically ranks highest in these three areas. This hospital’s approach and experience suggests steps that other hospitals can take to improve wound center outcomes by enhancing existing strengths in wound care, all with minimal impact on established workflows.
Healogics Specialty Physicians are pioneers, healers and thought-leaders, passionate about elevating not only wound care, but their careers, empowered by product innovation, research and development and the opportunity to influence the trajectory of healthcare.
"I have been provided comprehensive and accurate clinical information to help determine what is best for each patient."
The findings of the study emphasize the importance of standardization and transparency in wound outcome reporting. However, while useful, until a standardized risk-adjustment methodology is applied, both the comprehensive and standard healing rates are necessary to understand the quality of care.
"Knowing that the leadership of Healogics has extensive plans to grow in this field is rewarding to me. They are expanding our product lines to ensure we are meeting the wound care needs of our patients and our hospital partners in all areas."
Chronic wound patients face a number of challenges to their health and well-being. The presence of the ulcers is an indication of broader physical systems failures. However, with education and prevention, many wounds could be prevented or treated when they are less severe resulting in improved outcomes. The association between chronic conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and social conditions is well established. Yet, none of the previous studies have addressed chronic ulcers. Healogics Wound Science Initiative is partnering with hospitals and researchers to better understand how the social determinants of health impact the lives of wounded patients.
The Healogics Wound Science Initiative is a collaborative effort that aims to accelerate data-driven improvements, advance insights and perspectives, and identify mechanisms to continuously improve patient outcomes and reduce costs in the treatment of chronic wounds. The Wound Science Initiative is committed to using the Healogics data to guide the creation of wound outcomes measures that allow for industry-wide standardization and aggregate quality benchmarking.
Pressure ulcers have a significant impact on quality of life. The management of pressure ulcers involves treating the cause, optimizing local wound care, and addressing patient centered concerns. The most important aspect of treatment is offloading the affected tissue.
