Tift Regional Wound Care Clinic recognized with national award

Published 10:00 am Tuesday, June 7, 2016

TIFTON, Ga. – Tift Regional Medical Center (TRMC) physicians, leaders and clinicians gathered today to celebrate the Center of Distinction Award, which was given to TRMC by Healogics, the nation’s largest provider of advanced wound care services. The center achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a minimum wound healing rate of at least 91 percent within 30 median days to heal. There were 512 centers eligible for the Center of Distinction award, but only 221 achieved the honor.

“We are excited about this recognition,” said James Nixon, FACHE, vice president of Administrative and Clinical Services with Tift Regional Health System. “It validates the care and expertise of our wound care team here at Tift Regional.  Our program continues to grow in this much needed service area.  The beauty of this service is that it directly impacts the quality of life for our patients.  It’s fulfilling to see a patient come-in at risk of losing a limb or who has had a longstanding wound that would not heal and leave our program fully restored.”  

The Tift Regional Wound Care & Hyperbaric Clinic is a member of the Healogics network of nearly 800 Centers, and provides access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating approximately 2.5 million chronic wounds. Tift Regional Wound Care & Hyperbaric Clinic offers highly specialized wound care to patients suffering from diabetic ulcers, pressure ulcers, infections and other chronic wounds which have not healed in a reasonable amount of time. Advanced treatments include negative pressure wound therapy, bio-engineered skin substitutes, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth factor therapies.

“We were very pleased to have been awarded this recognition for our first year after opening the Tift Regional Wound Care & Hyperbaric Clinic,” said N. Kent Burton, M.D., CWS-P, RVT, FAPWCA, medical director.  “Our nursing and administrative staffs have worked very hard during this time to provide the kind of care in which we can all be proud.  I want to personally thank all of them for their diligent efforts. We all love what we do and the challenges that come with it.”

Burton said that wound care staff feels very privileged to work with the Healogics organization and to be a part of Tift Regional Health System. “Our support through these organizations has been exceptional,” he said. “They have made it possible to offer the most advanced wound care techniques and treatments available. We have had a very rapid growth in our patient base over this first year and we feel this is a testament to the previously unmet needs of this specialized type of care. We would sincerely like to thank all those who have allowed us to be a part of their medical care and appreciate their confidence in our services. We eagerly look forward to continued growth and success over the years to come.”