From a press release:
Pardee Hospital announced today that its Comprehensive Wound Healing Center has been recognized for the fourth consecutive year with the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Center of Excellence award, which was given to Pardee because it has met the Center of Distinction quality standards for Healogics. The Center has achieved patient satisfaction rates higher than 92 percent and a healing rate of more than 91 percent in less than 30 median days, among other quality standards, for a minimum of two consecutive years. The Center was awarded this prestigious honor by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. Out of nearly 800 Wound Care Centers®, only 168 were eligible and 110 were awarded the honor. The award is named for Dr. Robert A. Warriner III, a pioneer in wound care and the former chief medical officer for Healogics.
Pardee’s Comprehensive Wound Healing Center also earned a Center of Distinction Award for the fifth consecutive year for achieving outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months. There were 512 centers eligible for the Center of Distinction award, but only 221 achieved the honor.
“On behalf of the entire administration and staff at Pardee Hospital, I would like to congratulate our Comprehensive Wound Healing Center team for their dedication to high-quality, compassionate patient care and clinical outcomes,” said James M. Kirby, II, president and CEO of Pardee Hospital. “Proper wound care is essential for good outcomes and quality of life for patients treated by all of our service lines, from orthopedics to diabetes to cancer.”
“At the Comprehensive Wound Healing Center, our number one goal is to help patients recover from wounds, regain quality of life and be well again,” says Charles A. Albers, M.D., F.A.C.S., medical director of the Pardee Hospital Comprehensive Wound Healing Center. “Our team is honored by this recognition and is committed to providing compassionate, excellent care to the patients we serve. It is a joy to see people recover and return to their normal lives.”
The Pardee Hospital Comprehensive Wound Healing Center offers highly specialized wound care to patients with diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds that have not healed in a reasonable amount of time. Advanced treatments included negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered skin substitutes, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies. The Center is a member of the Healogics network of nearly 800 Centers, with access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating approximately 2.5 million chronic wounds. It is open Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Physician’s office referrals are not necessary to make an appointment. For more information, call (828) 696-4284.
Pardee Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital founded in 1953 and is managed by UNC Health Care. The hospital is licensed for 222 acute care beds. The hospital has several locations separate from the main campus and a comprehensive physician practice network. For more information or to find a physician, visit pardeehospital.org.
About Healogics, Inc.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. Healogics and its affiliated companies manage nearly 800 Wound Care Centers® in the nation and saw approximately 285,000 new patients in 2015 through a connected network of partner hospitals and Wound Care Centers, academic medical centers, and other post‐acute sites. Healogics utilizes an evidence‐based systematic approach to chronic wound healing to treat an underserved and growing patient population. A fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private investment firm, is the majority shareholder of Healogics. For more information, please visit healogics.com.
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