June 3, 2019
The Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) Wound Healing Centers, a member of
the Healogics network, is helping raise awareness of chronic wounds during
the sixth annual Wound Care Awareness Week, being held from June 3 –
7, 2019. Wound Care Awareness was established by Healogics in 2014 to
bring attention to the chronic wound epidemic and the 6.7 million Americans
who are currently living with non-healing wounds. Program Directors across
the nation will dedicate the entire week to educating physicians, patients
and the general public about the chronic wound epidemic and the advanced
wound care solutions available. The MWHC Wound Healing Centers of Woodbridge
and Fredericksburg offers advanced therapies to patients suffering from
chronic wounds.
While there are already millions of people living with chronic wounds,
the incidence is rising, fueled by an aging population and increasing
rates of diseases and conditions such as diabetes, obesity and the late
effects of radiation therapy. If left untreated, chronic wounds can lead
to diminished quality of life and possibly amputation of the affected
limb. Even more alarmingly, 50 percent of people die within five years
of amputation.
To support this underserved and growing population of people living with
chronic wounds, The MWHC Wound Care Centers of Woodbridge and Fredericksburg,
in partnership with Healogics, offers an evidence-based, systematic approach
to advanced wound care. A patient’s individualized treatment plan
may include specialized wound dressings, debridement, compression therapy,
hyperbaric oxygen therapy, advanced cellular products and topical growth
factors, edema management and/or non-invasive vascular assessment. These
treatments are the result of a team approach between the Center’s
physicians, nurses and the referring physician. A treatment plan is developed
and scheduled based on the patient’s needs. Once treatment is complete,
the patient will return to their primary physician to continue routine care.
People with wounds that have not improved with traditional methods of treatment
may benefit from a visit to The MWHC Wound Care Centers. For more information
or to schedule an appointment, please visit
mwhc.com.
Visit
www.woundcareawarenessweek.com to learn more about Wound Care Awareness Week and to hear from patients
about how wound healing changed their life.
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About Mary Washington Healthcare
Mary Washington Healthcare is a fully integrated, regional medical system
that provides inpatient and outpatient care through over 40 facilities
and services including
Mary Washington Hospital, a 451-bed regional medical center, and
Stafford Hospital, a 100-bed community hospital. Mary Washington Healthcare is a nonprofit
health system and has a long-standing commitment to provide care regardless
of ability to pay. For more information about our services and facilities,
please visit
www.MaryWashingtonHealthcare.com.
About Healogics
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s wound
healing expert. Last year over 330,000 patients received advanced wound
care through a nationwide network of nearly 700
Wound Care Centers®. The Healogics team is made up of almost 3,000 employees, 4,000 affiliated
physicians and a Healogics Specialty Physician practice group of nearly
300. In addition to the company’s network of outpatient Centers,
Healogics partners with over 300 skilled nursing facilities to care for
patients with chronic wounds, and provides inpatient consults at more
than 80 partner hospitals. As the industry leader, Healogics has the largest
repository of chronic wound-specific patient data in the country. The
Healogics
Wound Science Initiative, an effort launched in 2017 to provide peer-reviewed research, recognizes
the value and relevance of big data and advanced analytics to drive continuous,
collaborative learning towards a better understanding of how to efficiently
utilize healthcare resources for patients with wounds. For additional
information, please visit
Healogics.com.