This peer-reviewed case series addresses the clinical challenge of managing chronic, nonhealing wounds using advanced modalities – specifically, bioactive skin allografts (BSAs). BSAs are cellular and/or tissue-based products (CTPs) designed to promote tissue repair by supporting angioenesis, cellular proliferation, and immune modulation. A key innovation discussed is the use of bacterial fluorescence imaging (FL-imaging), a…
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As part of the People-first, Patient-centered focus, Healogics® is dedicated to continuously improving patient outcomes. A process was developed to identify and evaluate critical topics to determine the levers which would result in reducing unwarranted clinical variability across our organization and improve Comprehensive Healing Rates (CHR) amongst our patients. Four levers were identified utilizing the…
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Healogics is the nation’s largest world-class wound care provider, delivering compassionate care to more than 300,000 patients each year. Our focus is on providing the highest level of integrated wound care management throughout the continuum of care: post-acute, outpatient and inpatient.
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In the second installment of the use of modalities in wound care white paper, we will review the use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO therapy) as a lever for reducing unwarranted clinical variability.
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In this white paper, we will review the use of modalities as a lever for reducing unwarranted clinical variability. This is the fourth in a series of white papers that have tried to provide evidence and clinical guidance for providers managing complex wound patients. As in all previous white papers, the literature has been reviewed, the data has been updated and refreshed using a 2019 research database from Healogics and recommendations have been formulated for consideration.
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As part of our ongoing research aimed at minimizing unwarranted clinical variability and improving healing rates, we have already reported on visit frequency and the impact of wounds that fail to heal on a normal trajectory. In this report, we describe the impact on healing when patients either cancel visits, or completely quit their treatment plan.
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Recently, we introduced four levers that could improve our patient outcomes. These levers included frequent patient visits, the prevention of stalled wounds, improving patient engagement and utilizing advanced modalities. The focus of this paper will be on the evidence and research supporting the key lever of preventing stalled wounds in driving better patient outcomes.
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Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) in partnership with Healogics have recently produced a predictive model to identify wounds most likely to heal within 12 weeks. Unlike other models that have been previously published, this model utilized EMR data from over 600,000 wounds, allowing for highly predictive classification across a variety of wound types. Findings from this model also indicated that a wound’s characteristics at initial presentation, such as area, depth, and location, are far more powerful than the patient demographics or comorbidities in determining whether a wound will heal.
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Healogics assessed the impact of a collaborative continuum of care model between a Wound Care Center® and vascular surgery practice on quality of care and outcomes. Of the 7,616 procedures that were reviewed by Stanford Health Care’s Vascular & Endovascular Surgery practice, 1,751 procedures met inclusion criteria. This study included patients who underwent lower extremity interventions over a three-year period before and after the opening of a Wound Care Center.
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This compendium is a follow-up to the 2018 American Diabetes Association compendium Diagnosis and Management of Diabetic Foot Complications. Whereas the first compendium offered a broad general overview of diabetic foot conditions, this second volume presents a detailed discussion of the prevention and treatment of diabetic foot infections (DFIs), a major contributor to high amputation rates among people with diabetes.
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