On the Front Lines of Care
- Wed, 12/22/10 - 12:27pm
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Inside Methodist Comprehensive Wound Healing Center
- Thu, 7/1/10 - 3:47pm
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Today’s Wound Clinic spoke with Vickye Hester, APR, Communications Specialist of Methodist Comprehensive Wound Healing Center in Memphis, Tennessee. The following interview provides an in-depth look into the facility as well as the day-to-day operational protocol that must take place. Methodist’s dynamic staff is inevitably the powerhouse behind their ongoing patient success.
Today’s Wound Clinic (TWC): Please tell our audience about Methodist Healthcare center and how long has it been in operation?
On the Front Lines of Care
- Wed, 12/30/09 - 11:17pm
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Business Basics: In A Wound Facility
- Fri, 9/25/09 - 6:12am
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Tne highly debated issue among wound care professionals is whether or not a facility operator/director needs prior experience in medicine, let alone wound care.
By taking a closer look at leaders who did not start out with an extensive medical background, others in the industry can gain insight to ideas and tactics they may be missing within their own facilities.
Paula Kreissler is president and owner of Wound Care Clinic–ESU, Inc. a two office wound care facility located in Savannah and Pooler, Georgia. She literally made the transition from packages to wounds.
Kreissler and her emplo
Houston's Healers: Approaching 20 Yearss of Wound Care
- Fri, 9/25/09 - 4:43am
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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
New Wound Care Center Serves A Remote Area
- Fri, 9/25/09 - 4:27am
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Hyperbaric and Wound Care Center at Davis Hospital
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.
The new wound center features four spacious treatment rooms and a large, connecting hyperbaric chamber room with three Perry Sigma (Perry Baromedical, Riviera
Celebrating A Grand Opening
- Fri, 9/25/09 - 3:15am
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Health First Wound Management and Hyperbarics Center, a $1.45 million facility in Palm Bay, Fla, is scheduled to open June 2007. The 7,000-squarefoot center will house a brand new, state-of-the-art, eight-person multiplace hyperbaric chamber.
The Wound Management and Hyperbarics combined program will provide the opportunity for patients to be treated by a multidisciplinary team that includes local independent podiatrists, neurologists, internal medicine physicians, and general surgeons. Under the leadership of Medical Director Michael Ott, the center will create convenient, comprehensive tr
