Northern California’s Mecca of Wound Care
May 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment
O’Connor Hospital’s Wound Care Clinic
San Jose, California
According to the current Medical Director, Peter Schubart, MD, PhD, it began when the hospital agreed to sign a contract with Curative Health Services (Nashua, NH) allowing the clinic to open its doors in 1992.
One patient was seen on the first day. Currently, the clinic averages 35–55 patients a day and offers 13,000 sq ft of space and 20 treatment rooms, with approximately 7,000 visits and 600 new patients per year.
The original clinical staff consisted of Dr. Schubart, vascular surgeon; Dr. Bruce Lerman, podiatry; and Dr. Jude Roussere, general surgeon. All of these physicians currently remain with the clinic. The facility currently employees 24 people including, two of the first RN staff.
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Houston’s Healers: Approaching 20 Years of Wound Care
March 17, 2008 | 1 Comment
The Memorial Hermann Wound and Lymphedema Center
Houston, Texas
The Memorial Hermann Wound and Lymphedema Center Houston, Tex, will soon mark its 20th anniversary. Opened as the Hermann Center for Hyperbaric Medicine in 1989 with one nurse and a technical staff, it evolved in response to the needs of patients and the changing field of wound care. Wound healing (which includes a venous stasis clinic) and lymphedema divisions were added to the center’s operations in response to the lack of facilities available for patient referrals requiring chronic wound care.
The center has met many challenges from educating the staff to integrating computer technology, operating with a small advertising budget, and adjusting to changes in Medicare.
TWC asked Vonda Wall, Administrative Director Outpatient Diagnostic and Procedural Services for Memorial Hermann Hospital, to fill in some of the details of the center’s operations.
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New Wound Care Center Serves a Remote Area
October 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment
Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center at Davis Hospital
LAYTON, UTAH
The Northern Utah area was totally underserved for specialized wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy until the Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center at Davis Hospital opened in April 2007.An outpatient service of the largest hospital in the county, the wound center is located in a new office building next to the hospital Emergency Room. Davis Hospital is owned by Iasis HealthCare.
