Award acknowledges exceptional success in wound healing rates, safety goals, and patient satisfaction
Gary, IN, March 28, 2022 – Methodist Hospitals is pleased to announce that its Southlake Campus Wound Care Centeris a recipient of RestorixHealth’s National Clinical Distinction and Patient Satisfaction Awards. The Methodist Hospitals Northlake Campus Wound care Center is also a recipient of the Patient Satisfaction Award. Recipients of these awards meet or exceed national quality benchmarks over a set period of time.
“This achievement reaffirms the quality of care that our Wound Care Center provides its patients every day,” said Matt Doyle, President and CEO of Methodist Hospitals. “Despite a daunting pandemic, we have been able to maintain clinical excellence and we are proud to be a recipient of these awards that recognize the hard work and dedication of our staff.”
RestorixHealth’s Clinical Distinction award recognizes those centers that have demonstrated success by meeting or exceeding patient safety goals along with an above 90% healing rate; while the Patient Satisfaction award recognizes those centers that have met or achieved a patient satisfaction score of 96% or higher.
The Methodist Hospitals Wound Care Centers are 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 and hyperbaric medicine. Integrating a team of wound care professionals optimizes patient care, while offering the most advanced healing options for hard to heal wounds.
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.
About Methodist Hospitals
Methodist Hospitals is a community-based, not-for-profit health system with two full-service acute care facilities in Gary and Merrillville, Indiana, that has been leading the way to better health for residents of Northwest Indiana for almost 100 years. Methodist Hospitals offers a number of award – winning programs, including its Neuroscience, Oncology and Heart and Vascular Institutes. Its range of services also includes Women & Children’s Services, Bariatric Surgery Services, Emergency & Trauma Services, Immediate Care Centers, an Orthopedic & Spine Care Center, Sports Medicine, comprehensive Rehabilitation Services, Behavioral Health and Home Health Services. It has earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Hospital Accreditation.
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Media Contacts
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219-886-4779
lhadley@methodisthospitals.org
