Wound Clinic News & Notes

NEW WOUND CLINIC HELPS HOSPITAL EARN HONOR 

Redwood Area Hospital, Redwood Falls, MN, is being recognized by iVantage Health Analytics and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) for providing overall excellence in quality care and for achieving financial strength, according to a report in the West Central Tribune. The honor reflects the hospital’s placing in the top quartile among all rural acute care hospitals in the nation through an assessment conducted by iVantage and the NOSORH. 

Among the new programs and initiatives the hospital has enacted in earning the honor is a wound care clinic, which opened within the last two years; a telemedicine program; increased orthopedic specialty coverage with total joint replacement surgery; and increased availability for sleep studies. The organization has also built a health pavilion in an effort to increase home care, hospice, and adult day services while doubling dialysis chairs. This recognition was given as part of National Rural Health Day (Nov. 17) as an opportunity to honor the spirit of rural American healthcare and provide an opportunity to highlight the unique healthcare challenges that rural citizens face while showcasing the efforts of rural healthcare providers, according to the report. 

WOUND HEALING CENTER OPENS IN WISCONSIN 

Administrators and staff members held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new wound clinic in the Chippewa Valley section of Eau Claire, WI, Dec. 6. The Elite Therapy Institute (ETI) Wound Healing Center will specialize in amputation prevention and chronic swelling, according to a report by WEAU News. 

Greg Eck, PT, CWS, FACCWS, founder of ETI said the center will care for newborn and pediatric patients as well as those requiring long-term care, according to the report. This is the second facility that ETI has opened, including a facility in Rice Lake, WI. 

HOSPITAL SECURES DEAL FOR NEW WOUND CENTER 

A new wound clinic will be built for Columbia County Health System’s Dayton General Hospital, according to a report by The Times of Waitsburg, Dayton, and Touchet Valley, WA. The report claims the Columbia County Hospital District Board of Commissioners has approved the design of a hyperbaric wound care services center, the costs for which have not yet been determined.