Wound care is key!

Our carts and kits can help handle Wound care, even at remote locations when a medical practitioner cannot be locally present!

Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The public health impact of chronic wounds is staggering. An estimated 1.3 to 3 million people in the U.S. are believed to have pressure ulcers and as many as 10 to 15 percent of the 20 million individuals with diabetes are at risk of developing diabetic ulcers. Many more people have had venous ulcers or wounds resulting from arterial disease. Treating these wounds costs an estimated $5 to $10 billion each year with additional costs to patients in terms of lost productivity.

Posted by Carolyn Bloch at 8:38 AM

CMS over the past several years established new ulcer guidelines that will raise the bar for wound care documentation. Wound images, objective measurements, and tracking information have to be available to any authorized level of a medical or provider organization. This needs to be done instantaneously allowing clinicians to make accurate evidence-based decisions.