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Center for Wound Care Recognized for Excellence in Wound Healing
Sonora, CA... Sonora Regional Medical Center physicians, leaders, and staff will gather Thursday, April 11, at 2 p.m. at the Medical Center to celebrate receiving the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Center of Excellence award. The Center for Wound Care at Sonora Regional Medical Center earned this award by surpassing rigorous quality standards for two consecutive years. Festivities will include light refreshments and an award presentation from Healogics Inc., the nation's largest provider of advanced wound care services...
In 2012, the Center for Wound Care achieved a healing rate of 96 percent in 23 median days for chronic wounds, exceeding the quality standard of 91 percent in at least 30 median days. In addition, 93.4 percent of patients rated their overall experience at the Center as “excellent”, also exceeding the quality standard of 90 percent. The Center for Wound Care provided specialized treatment during 2,549 patient encounters in 2012, often preventing amputations and helping patients return to active lives.
Because of these excellent outcomes and patient satisfaction ratings, the Center for Wound Care earned this prestigious award and is being recognized by Healogics. The Center of Excellence award is named for Dr. Robert A. Warriner III, a pioneer in wound care and the former Chief Medical Officer for Healogics. The Center for Wound Care is a member of the Healogics network of over 500 centers with access to benchmarking data and experience of treating over two million chronic wounds.
Jeff Eller, Sonora Regional Medical Center president and CEO, commented on the award. “Healogics brings resources and expertise to our hospital's Center for Wound Care, enabling us to meet the increasing need for specialized wound care,” says Eller. “We are pleased to receive this award and proud to offer this quality service to our community."
“We’re honored,” says Eden Smith, MD, medical director at the Center for Wound Care. “It’s a privilege to be part of a great collaborative effort between the hospital and Healogics. Together, we are able to heal patients in our community and get them get back to living happy, healthy lives.”
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 more than 500 Wound Care Centers® in the nation and see nearly 200,000 patients per year through a connected network of centers, partner hospitals, academic medical centers, patients and families. Leveraging its scale and experience, Healogics utilizes an evidence-based systematic approach to chronic wound healing in treating an underserved and growing patient population. For more information, please visit www.healogics.com or to find a Wound Care Center near you, please call 1-800-373-HEAL (4325).
About Sonora Regional Medical Center
Sonora Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit 152-bed health care facility including 72 acute beds, 12 swing beds, 68 skilled nursing beds and a large network of clinics, owned and operated by Adventist Health/Roseville, California. In addition to emergency and acute care services, other Sonora Regional Medical Center services include advanced cardiac care, cancer center, diagnostic imaging, home health, hospice, intensive care, obstetrics, rural health, surgical services, wellness center, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen, and over 20 primary care, urgent care and specialty clinics. The Medical Center provided care for a total of 4,500 admissions, 528 deliveries, 22,994 emergency department visits, 288,542 outpatient visits and 37,225 home care visits in 2012. Staffed by over 165 physicians, 1,260 employees, and 175 volunteers, Sonora Regional Medical Center is the largest private employer in Tuolumne County. To find a physician in the area, contact the Physician Referral Line at (209) 536-3344.
For more information about the Medical Center visit www.sonoramedicalcenter.org.
About Adventist Health
Sonora Regional Medical Center is part of Adventist Health, a faith-based, not-for-profit integrated health care delivery system serving communities in California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. Our workforce of 28,900 includes more than 21,200 employees; 4,500 medical staff physicians; and 3,200 volunteers. Founded on Seventh-day Adventist health values, Adventist Health provides compassionate care in 19 hospitals, more than 170 clinics (hospital-based, rural health and physician clinics), 14 home care agencies, six hospice agencies and four joint-venture retirement centers. We invite you to visit www.AdventistHealth.org for more information.
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