Award acknowledges exceptional success in multiple wound healing benchmarks, healing outcomes, patient safety
Memorial Hospital is honored to announce that the Memorial Hospital Wound Center is a recipient of RestorixHealth’s highest achievement, the Wound Center of Excellence Award. Recipients of this prestigious award meet or exceed national wound care quality benchmarks over a set period of time.
The Wound Center of Excellence Award distinguishes centers that have demonstrated exceptional success by meeting or exceeding clinical and operational benchmarks in several categories, including healing outcomes, assessment and care processes and patient safety, along with a patient satisfaction rate of 96% or higher.
“This achievement reaffirms our mission through our partnership with RestorixHealth to improve the health and quality of life for those in our community with wounds,” said Dr. William Short, Wound Center Medical Director. “We are proud to be recognized for the outstanding care that Memorial Hospital Wound Center staff provides its patients every day.”
The Memorial Hospital Wound Center is dedicated to optimizing outcomes and preventing lower limb loss in those patients with non-healing wounds. The approach to wound care is aggressive and comprehensive, coordinating traditional and advanced therapies and techniques that are proven to reduce healing time and improve healing rates.
The center is staffed with a multidisciplinary team of physicians along with nurses and technicians with advanced training in wound care. Integrating a team of wound care professionals optimizes patient care, while offering the most advanced healing options. The Memorial Hospital Wound Center staff includes: Dr. William Short; Kristen Frieze, RN/Clinical Coordinator; Stephanie Haws, RN; Haddie Montoya, RN; Todd Smith, APRN; Jenna Johnson, WCT; and Kathy Stineman, RN.
The Memorial Hospital Wound Center is located at 511 NE 10th Street, Abilene, Kansas and is open Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Friday mornings. For more information, please call 785-571-1070.
About RestorixHealth
RestorixHealth, the nation’s leading wound care solutions company, develops and operates advanced wound healing centers and provides wound healing direct-care services, education and advanced wound supplies nationwide. Forging strong relationships with their partners, RestorixHealth’s customized wound healing programs and solutions increase the access to care, lower or avoid direct care costs, reduce hospital admissions, improve outcomes and increase patient and partner satisfaction. For more information, visit www.RestorixHealth.com.