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.
At least half of all amputations occur in people with diabetes, most commonly because of an infected diabetic foot ulcer. A thorough understanding of the causes and management of diabetic foot ulceration is essential to reducing lower-extremity amputation risk.
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 Providers 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."
"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.
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.
The purpose of this analysis is to examine the degree of variation in comprehensive healing rate and median time to heal for diabetic, arterial, pressure and venous ulcers using a modified intent-to-treat framework.
"Healogics has helped me develop as a leader and has given me guidance on new techniques to handle different staff based on their individual learning needs."
