Members of Cullman Regional’s Wound Care Team pose for a picture at a recent employee celebration held for receiving the Center of Distinction Award. Pictured from left to right are: Jill Keeton, RN; Dana Daniel, Wound Care director; Kayla Goodwin, RN; Allie Barnett, front office coordinator; and Matt Davis, RN.
CULLMAN – The Cullman Regional Center for Wound Healing has been recognized with a national award for clinical excellence.
Leaders, physicians and clinicians from Cullman Regional gathered to celebrate the Center of Distinction award, which was given to the Cullman Regional Center for Wound Healing by Healogics, the nation’s leading and largest wound care management company.
The Cullman Regional Center for Wound Healing achieved outstanding clinical outcomes for 12 consecutive months, including patient satisfaction higher than 92 percent, and a wound healing rate of at least 91 percent in less than 31 median days. Out of 630 Centers eligible for the Center of Distinction award, 334 achieved this honor in 2017.
“We are honored to receive this award,” said Dana Daniel, Wound Care Center director. “I am proud of the wound care team for continually striving to provide the best in specialized wound care for our community.”
The Cullman Regional Center for Wound Healing is a member of the Healogics network of nearly 800 centers, with access to benchmarking data and proven experience treating approximately 2.5 million chronic wounds. The Wound Care Center 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. Some of the leading-edge treatments offered at the Wound Care Center include negative pressure wound therapy, debridement, application of cellular-based tissue or skin substitutes to the wound, offloading or total contact casts and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
For more information about Cullman Regional Wound Care Services, visit www.cullmanregional.com or call 256-737-2980.
