NURSES AND NURSING HOMES ARE EMPOWERED WITH THE SKILLED WOUND CARE PHYSICIANS GROUP

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. 

RESPONDING NECROTIC WOUNDS REDUCE IN SIZE BY 25% IN SIZE IN THE FIRST MONTH OF TREATMENT WITH THE SKILLED WOUND CARE'S PROGRAM

      WITH SKILLED WOUND CARE AT YOUR NURSING FACILITY

• Patient Satisfaction Increases

• Surveys pass without wound care deficiencies

• Hospital Re-Admissions Decrease

• In-house pressure injury incidences abate

• Your Quality Measures improve

• Your team receives the most advanced wound care education

• Patient's wounds heal faster

• SWC creates multidisciplinary wound care, which has been shown to improve wound healing in multiple peer reviewed journals.1

• SWC staff educate facility nurses on proper use of wound dressings and other healing tools.

• 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.2

• 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.

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EDUCATION

Our Providers educate as we round.

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COMMUNICATION

All care plans are clarified.

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PROCEDURES

We provide bedside surgical debridement.

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DOCUMENTATION

Detailed and compliant.

SWC PATIENTS ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR FACILITY CARE

• Reduced hospital admissions and clinic transfers.

• Faster wound healing times.

• Ability to rehabilitate from illness more quickly.

• Less discomfort from ambulance rides.

• Chronic issues are managed prior to morbidity.

SWC PHYSICIAN BEST PRACTICES

• Follow strict Infectious Disease protocols.

• Administer pain control at all times.

• Provide clear and informative documentation.

• Clearly communicate the plan to nurses.

• Provide education on important areas.

• Prevent adverse events.

HOW SKILLED WOUND CARE HELPS YOU

• Strengthens your hospital case manager relationships

• Develops specialty care recovery units

• Elevates staff preparedness for complex patient admissions.

• Educates families on the wound healing process.

Skilled Wound Care is serious about quality assurance.

Skilled Wound Care has developed a rigorous, long-term care specific documentation program for wounds. Our reporting is all data-driven to deliver you with quality assurance reports.

SWC DATA HELPS YOU WITH

• Evidence-based decision making

• Benchmark analysis

• Improvement trending

• Increased healing rates

• Increased family/patient satisfaction

• Keeping your malpractice rates low.

In today's economic realities, Risk Management is an important component of a strong Wound Care Program. Some of the best ways to prevent lawsuits is with patient/family interaction, but that may not always be effective. We take into consideration these factors:

• Duration of injury

• Number of risk factors

• Patient compliance

• Family compliance

• Potential of life threatening infection

• Potential of limb threatening infection

References:

1. 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.

2. 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

3. Bardia Anvar. Reduction of Pressure Ulcer in a Multi-center Nursing Home Population. Manuscript in Submission.

4. Bardia Anvar. Mastery of Skin, Wound, and Ostomy Care. 2nd Edition, 2017.