An unused space in Medina Memorial Hospital is seeing new life as the location of a new Wound Care Center. Lisa Albanese of Brockport, formerly of Medina, is program director for the Wound Care Center, which has offices in both Medina and United Memorial Health Care Center in Batavia. Medina’s center is located on the first floor of the hospital, in what used to be the Intensive Care Unit.
Read MoreEvery year wound/ulcer management providers and professionals await the release of the Medicare payment system Final Rules for the site of care where they work. In the past, providers and professionals rarely paid attention to the Medicare payment systems for other sites of care.
Read MoreThe Methodist Jennie Edmundson Advanced Wound Center is celebrating a decade of providing “exceptional wound care” to southwest Iowa. “Since the doors first opened, we’ve been fortunate to have the region’s most dedicated and educated wound care providers,” said Jen Fletcher, program director of the wound center.
Read MoreThe Rutgers School of Nursing–Camden Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Program prepares highly skilled nurses who care for vulnerable patients across multiple healthcare settings. The program starts every September and takes approximately one year to complete.
Read MoreVIDEO: Dr. Rance Hafner from Bellin Health’s Wound Healing Center discusses options available to heal wounds properly.
Read MoreVIDEO: Nurse Practitioner, Marla Davy, discusses venous leg ulcers.
Read MoreBiomaterials are used in the clinic as dressings that promote healing of wounds or burns. In addition to conventional wound dressings, scientists are developing skin substitutes containing patient-derived cells, as well as biomaterials that incorporate growth factors to stimulate and facilitate the healing process.
Read MoreA team of researchers from UConn (University of Connecticut), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Harvard Medical School has developed a “smart” bandage and corresponding smartphone-sized platform that can precisely deliver different medications to the wound with independent dosing.
Read MoreThe Wound Care Center and Hyperbaric Services at Upper Valley Medical Center (UVMC) is introducing advanced vein services provided through Healogics VeinCare. With VeinCare, endovenous laser ablation – a procedure to address problematic veins – is now available in the wound care center along with diagnostic and follow-up care exams.
Read MoreAn alarming 33% of Americans currently suffer from cardiovascular disease. Throughout Heart Health Awareness Month in February, The Center for Wound Healing at Oswego Health, a member of the Healogics network, will work to spread awareness about how cardiovascular diseases can affect the wound healing process.
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