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Wound Care Awareness Is Now More Important Than Ever

Written by Healogics Chief Medical Officer Dr. William Ennis, DO, MBA, MMM, CPE

The pandemic has taught us many things about the vulnerability of our healthcare system and how disease disproportionately affects those already compromised. Wound care patients, on average, are living with two or more coexisting health conditions. Treating the wound, which is simply the end manifestation of these clinical conditions, requires a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach. Wound Care Centers® achieve higher outcomes due to collaboration, clinical exposure, and dedication to the specific treatments and diagnostics currently available.

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Topics: Wound Care Awareness, Year of Healing

Advanced Modalities, Including Debridement, Improve Patient Outcomes

Written by Healogics Chief Medical Officer, Dr. William Ennis.

Healogics mission to advance wound healing includes ongoing research to improve healing rates for patients who entrust us with their care. Our proprietary data, along with analysis of respected medical literature, has revealed four factors that affect patient healing trajectories across all stages of healing. These four factors are: Frequent/Regular Patient Visits, Preventing Stalled Wounds, Increasing Patient Engagement and Utilizing Advanced Modalities. You can read and download all four white papers here

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Topics: News

When to Consider a Wound Care Specialist

 

Written by Healogics Chief Medical Officer, Dr. William Ennis.

Why Do Some Wounds Require Specialized Care?

Our human bodies have a remarkable ability to hea l but chronic disease , traumatic injuries and certain medications can compromise our immune systems making chronic wounds difficult to heal . In addition, i ncreased age, obesity, heart and vascular disease and cancer treatment are all factors that contribute to our in ability to heal wounds. Wh atever the cause, if a wound has not begun to heal within four weeks , it is less likely to achieve closure in the future meaning it i s time to see a wound care specialist .
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Topics: Wound Treatments & HBOT

Patient Outcomes Improve When Patient Engagement Increases

Written by Healogics Chief Medical Officer, Dr. William Ennis.

As part of our ongoing research to improve healing rates, Healogics research reveals the significant impact of patient engagement across all stages of healing. The four factors that have been identified as having the greatest impact on whether a patient heals according to expected timelines are: Frequent/Regular Patient Visits, Preventing Stalled Wounds, Increasing Patient Engagement and Utilizing Advanced Modalities.

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Topics: News

Prevent Stalled Wounds to Improve Patient Outcomes

Written by Healogics Chief Medical Officer, Dr. William Ennis.

Healogics is dedicated to research to advance our understanding of wound care and continually improve treatment. Utilizing our robust wound care database, we recently identified four factors that have the greatest impact on whether a patient heals according to expected timelines. These are: Frequent/Regular Patient Visits, Preventing Stalled Wounds, Increasing Patient Engagement and Utilizing Advanced Modalities.

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Topics: News

Healing Rates Improve When Patients Keep Scheduled Appointments

Written by Healogics Chief Medical Officer, Dr. William Ennis.

As the leader in wound care, Healogics is committed to sharing the results of our research. We recently published a paper in a peer-reviewed medical journal titled, “Reducing Unwarranted Clinical Variability through Patient Visit Frequency.” In summary, we found that the number one variable that has the most impact on Comprehensive Healing Rate is visit frequency.

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Topics: News, Healthy Habits for Wound Healing & Prevention, Healing Over the Holidays