Western Missouri Medical Center Advanced Wound Center Recognized With National President’s Circle Award For Excellence

Warrensburg, MO (September 30, 2020)—Western Missouri Medical Center physicians, leaders and clinicians gathered today to celebrate the President’s Circle award, which was given to the WMMC Advanced Wound Center. The Center was awarded this prestigious honor by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. WMMC Advanced Wound Center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for twelve consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a minimum wound healing rate of at least 92 percent within 28 median days to heal.

“Receiving this award for the third consecutive year is a testament to Western Missouri Medical Center’s commitment to providing high quality care to our patients,” said Jennifer Koepke RN, MHSA, CPHA, VP of Patient Care Services/Chief Nursing Officer. “Our providers and staff in our Advanced Wound Center are impacting lives in our community through their ability to heal chronic wounds.”

The Advanced Wound Center is a member of the Healogics network of over 600 Wound Care Centers® and provides access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating approximately 2.5 million chronic wounds. WMMC Advanced Wound Center offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds which have not healed in a reasonable amount of time. Leading edge treatments at the Center 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 percent oxygen to help progress the healing of the wound.

To contact the Advanced Wound Center at WMMC, please call (660) 262-7575. To learn more about this practice, visit WMMC.com/Wound.

Western Missouri Medical Center (WMMC) is a fully-accredited acute care county medical center located in Warrensburg, MO. WMMC prides itself in emergency care, obstetrics, orthopedic and general surgery, family healthcare, internal medicine, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care, rehabilitation services and more. Inpatient services include medical, surgical, intensive, obstetrical, orthopedic, pediatric and skilled nursing care, as well as a wide range of therapeutic and diagnostic outpatient services. This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound healing expert. Last year over 330,000 patients received advanced wound care through a nationwide network of nearly 700 Wound Care Centers®. The Healogics team is made up of almost 3,000 employees, 4,000 affiliated physicians and a Healogics Specialty Physician practice group of nearly 300. In addition to the company’s network of outpatient Centers, Healogics partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for patients with chronic wounds, and provides inpatient consults at more than 80 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, an effort launched in 2017 to provide peer-reviewed research, recognizes the value and relevance of big data and advanced analytics to drive continuous, collaborative learning towards a better understanding of how to efficiently utilize healthcare resources for patients with wounds. For additional information, please visit Healogics.com.

Western Missouri Medical Center Advanced Wound Center Recognized With National President’s Circle Award For Excellence

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