NURSING HOMES ARE EMPOWERED WITH
SKILLED WOUND CARE
TRANSFORM YOUR FACILITY TODAY
The Skilled Wound Care Physicians Group provides clinical services such as wound care, management, debridement, and prevention all at the bedside. No need to travel to expensive conferences to learn the latest techniques, with our expert staff and team of physicians we come to you at your patient’s bedside.
WITH SKILLED WOUND CARE AT YOUR NURSING FACILITY
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Patient Satisfaction Increases
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Surveys pass without wound care deficiencies
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Hospital Re-Admissions Decrease
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In-house pressure injury incidences abate
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Your Quality Measures improve
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Your team receives the most advanced wound care education
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Patient's wounds heal faster
WOUND RESOLUTION TIME
70.9 days
Average wound resolution time
64.5 days
Average wound resolution time (weighted)
21.0 days
Median wound resolution time
35.6 days
Average wound resolution time (cyclical)
PATIENT HOSPITAL READMISSION RATES
1.2%
Readmission rate
0.1%
Readmission rate (due to wounds)
4.6%
Ratio of readmissions due to
wounds to all readmissions
VALUE INDEX
Average Hospital cost per patient
Cost of hospital visit
$16,000
Cost of ambulance
$850
Total Cost
$16,850
Average clinic cost per patient
Cost of clinic visit
$537
Cost of ambulance/transportation
$798
Total Cost
$1,335
$15,911
Savings from hospital visit
$396
Savings from clinic visit
HELPING YOU TACKLE CHALLENGES WITH INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS
A STRONG TRACK RECORD
SWC creates multidisciplinary wound care, which has been shown to improve wound healing in multiple peer-reviewed journals.
RAPID HEALING
SWC debrides wounds with necrosis, slough, or bioburden, which allows for 70% of wounds to decrease in size, and a 25% reduction in size in the first month of treatment for responding wounds.
EDUCATING YOUR STAFF
SWC staff educates facility nurses on the proper use of wound dressings and other healing tools.
LIFE-CHANGING RESULTS
On average, greater than 75% of wounds treated by the SWC begin healing after the start of services.
WHAT OUR PHYSICIANS DO?
RELIABILITY
Our Providers round on a weekly basis.
EDUCATION
Our Providers educate as we round.
COMMUNICATION
All care plans are clarified.
PROCEDURES
We provide bedside surgical debridement.
DOCUMENTATION
Detailed and compliant.
HOW SKILLED WOUND CARE HELPS YOU
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Strengthening your hospital case manager relationships
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Developing specialty care recovery units
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Elevating staff preparedness for complex patient admissions.
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Offering a rigorous, long-term care specific documentation program for wounds with data-driven reporting to deliver you with quality assurance reports.
References:
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Michoki RJ, Lammy PP. The problem of pressures in a nursing home population: statistical data. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1976 Jul; 24(7):323-8.
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Anvar B, Okonkwo H. Serial Surgical Debridement of Common Pressure Injuries in the Nursing Home Setting: Outcomes and Findings. Wounds 2017;29(7):215–221
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Bardia Anvar. Reduction of Pressure Ulcer in a Multi-center Nursing Home Population. Manuscript in Submission.
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Bardia Anvar. Mastery of Skin, Wound, and Ostomy Care. 2nd Edition, 2017.