The Jupiter Medical Center Wound Care & Hyperbaric Medicine program
recently was honored with two awards by Healogics, the nation’s
largest provider of advanced wound care services. First, the program received
the Center of Distinction Award in recognition of its outstanding clinical
outcomes, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a
wound healing rate of at least 91 percent in less than 30 median days
to heal. The center also was named a Robert A. Warriner III, MD, Center
of Excellence in recognition of achieving status as a Center of Distinction
for a minimum of two consecutive years. The award is named for a pioneer
in wound care and the former chief medical officer for Healogics. The
Wound Care and Hyperbaric Medicine program at Jupiter Medical Center takes
a multi-disciplinary approach to healing complex wounds. Therapies offered
include bio-engineered skin substitutes; hyperbaric oxygen therapy; negative
pressure wound therapy; biological and biosynthetic dressings and growth
factor therapies.
About Jupiter Medical Center
A not-for-profit 327-bed regional medical center consisting of 207 private
acute-care hospital beds and 120 long-term care, sub-acute rehabilitation
and Hospice beds, Jupiter Medical Center is reimagining how to restore
the community’s health and wellness. Award-winning physicians, world-class
partnerships and innovative techniques and technology enable Jupiter Medical
Center to provide a broad range of services with specialty concentrations
in cardiology, oncology, imaging, orthopedics & spine, digestive health,
emergency and pediatric services, lung & thoracic, women’s health,
weight management and men’s health. Founded in 1979, Jupiter Medical
Center has approximately 1,650 team members, 637 physicians and 640 volunteers.
Jupiter Medical Center continues to perform in the top 10 percent of hospitals
for patient quality and satisfaction. For more information on Jupiter
Medical Center, please call (561) 263-2234 or visit Jupitermed.com.
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