FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbarics Recognized for Clinical Excellence in Patient Satisfaction and Wound Healing Rates
| Date Posted: 8/3/2022
PINEHURST, N.C. –FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbarics is a recipient of the Center of Distinction award by Healogics®, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including a patient satisfaction rate higher than 92%.
“I am very proud that our wound care team is being recognized for the excellent care that we deliver,” said Matthew Reinhardt, M.D., medical director of FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbarics. “This award is an indication of how committed our providers and staff are to healing wounds and caring for the people in this community.”
FirstHealth Wound Care & Hyperbarics is a member of the Healogics network of more than 600 Wound Care Centers® and offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds, which have not healed in a reasonable amount of time.
Advanced wound care modalities provided by our wound care experts include negative pressure wound therapy, total contact casting, bio-engineered tissues, biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies. The Center also offers hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which works by surrounding the patient with 100% oxygen to help progress the healing of the wound.
“Our team works extremely hard to improve the quality of our patients’ lives,” said Willie Crawford, MBA, program director. “This award showcases the impact they make each day with a people-first, patient-centered approach to care.”
About Healogics
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year over 300,000 patients received advanced wound care through a network of over 600 Wound Care Centers. Healogics also partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for patients with chronic wounds and provides inpatient consults at more than 60 partner hospitals. As the industry leader, Healogics has the largest repository of chronic wound-specific patient data in the country. The Healogics Wound Science Initiative offers peer-reviewed research and advanced analytics in the pursuit of not only better outcomes, but a better way to provide care.
