In the United States, 6.7 million people are affected by chronic wounds. This number is expected to increase two percent annually over the next decade. Contributing factors include an aging population, increasing rates of disease such as diabetes and obesity, and the late effects of radiation therapy.
Read MoreOn any given weekday, a visitor standing outside the doors of the Wound Healing Center at Grays Harbor Community Hospital might hear the sound of a bell clanging joyously. This is the “healing bell,” and patients ring it to celebrate the successful completion of weeks, perhaps months, of healing treatments.
Read MoreSkin health is critical to whole-patient wellness, and healthcare systems must align their clinical and operational goals to create optimal skin health outcomes. In a Dec.11 webinar hosted by Becker’s Hospital Review and sponsored by Cardinal Health, industry experts discussed the importance of proper skin health product selection and use, how science is contributing to innovation in skin care and how staff education can improve clinical and financial outcomes.
Read MoreHealogics®, the nation’s largest provider of advanced chronic wound care services, today announced the debut of their newest service: Healogics Research ServicesSM. With robust clinical data on treatments and outcomes of over 1.8 million patients with 5.2 million wounds, Healogics has the largest repository of wound care-specific clinical encounter data in the industry.
Read MoreAn incidental discovery in a chemistry lab has now become a project helping drug makers and doctors better heal the foot wounds of diabetes patients. The project is the result of a bridge-building collaboration between University of Virginia researchers and clinicians at the College of Arts and Science’s Department of Chemistry, the School of Engineering’s Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the School of Medicine’s Department of Plastic Surgery and Chronic Wound Care Clinic.
Read MoreThe American Diabetes Association 2019 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes includes several new and revised clinical practice recommendations designed to put the patient at the center of care, including efforts to reduce therapeutic inertia, utilize person-centered language and expanded recommendations for children and adolescents with type 2 diabetes.
Read MoreSeveral societies joined in releasing guidance for interventions in peripheral artery disease (PAD), pending more evidence to back formal recommendations in the future.
Read MoreHospital-acquired pressure ulcers (PU) continue to occur despite an ongoing focus on prevention. The aim of this review was to identify and evaluate primary research which links pressure ulcer risk assessment with prescription and implementation of preventative interventions for hospitalised adults.
Read MoreBaystate Mary Lane recently announced the opening of Baystate Mary Lane Wound & Hyperbaric Medicine Center, an outpatient program that specializes in the treatment of chronic and non-healing wounds.
Read MoreHealogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced chronic wound care services, today announced that it has appointed David Jollow to serve as Chief Information Security Officer. In this role, Jollow will conduct assessments of current IT security and risks, and provide next generation security solutions.
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