(Rowlett) June 5, 2012 – Lake Pointe Health Network physicians, leaders, and clinicians gathered recently to celebrate the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Center of Excellence award, which was given to the Lake Pointe Wound Care Center in recognition of its meeting the Center of Distinction quality standards for two consecutive years.
This LPWCC has achieved patient satisfaction rate of 96%, a 98% healing rate in 22 median days, among other quality standards. The LPWCC was awarded this prestigious honor by Diversified Clinical Services (DCS), Inc., a leading national wound care management company.
The LPWCC is a member of the DCS Clinical Network of over 325 centers, with access to benchmarking data and experience of treating over two million chronic wounds. At the LPWCC, over 360 patients in 2011 were provided specialized treatment, often preventing amputations and helping patients return to active lives.
J. Eric Evans, CEO of the Lake Pointe Health Network, commented on the award. “DCS brings Lake Pointe’s Wound Care Center enormous resources and expertise, enabling us to meet the increasing need for specialized wound care. We are thrilled to accept these awards, and look forward to continuing to provide our community the quality care they have come to expect from the Lake Pointe Health Network.”
Many individuals in the local community suffer from chronic and non-healing wounds—a serious disorder that can lead to amputation of limbs and dramatically impaired quality of life. Associated with inadequate circulation, poorly functioning veins, and immobility, non-healing wounds occur most frequently in the elderly and in people with diabetes and other diseases—populations that are sharply rising as the nation ages and chronic diseases increase.
Non-healing wounds of the diabetic foot are considered one of the most significant complications of diabetes, representing a major worldwide medical, social, and economic burden that greatly affects patient quality of life. Almost 24 million Americans—one in every 12—are diabetic and the disease is causing widespread disability and death at an epidemic pace, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The LPWCC works with the patient’s referring physicians to determine effective courses of treatment. This comprehensive outpatient service offers advanced healing therapies often unavailable in primary care offices. These services use an interdisciplinary approach to treatment involving a variety of therapies and techniques, including debridement, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, dressing selection, special shoes, and patient education. When wounds persist and resist conventional treatment, a specialized approach is required for healing.
The LPWCC also utilizes systemic HBOT therapy which has been used to assist wound healing for more than 40 years, and is used as an adjunctive treatment for problematic, non-healing wounds that meet specific criteria. These chambers may improve the already successful clinical results of the LPWCC.
“Our wound care team is honored to receive these awards,”explains Dr. Han Pham-Hulen, MD, medical director of the Lake Pointe Wound Care Center. “Our goal is to continue to provide top notch care for patient’s chronic wounds and, more specifically, limb salvage in diabetic foot ulcers. Patient advocacy and education are the driving forces behind which we dedicate our practice. Our primary goal is to continue the grassroots effort in teaching both physicians and patients about prevention of amputation and prevention of complications in chronic, non healing wounds. We are grateful to be able to better serve our community at the Lake Pointe Wound Care Center.”
Thanks to Bobby Montgomery, Director, Marketing and Sleep Medicine, Lake Pointe Health Network, for sharing this news.
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