NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 3, 2017 ---
Hoag Wound Care Center
was honored by Healogics, the nation’s leading and largest wound
care management company, with three national awards for clinical distinction.
The center received the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Center of Excellence
Award, the Center of Distinction Award for clinical excellence and the
President’s Circle award for 2016.
With a healing rate of 94 percent and an average healing time that is six
days faster than the national average, Hoag was the only Orange County
hospital and one of just seven California hospitals that qualified as
a Center of Excellence.
“We are honored to be recognized with these prestigious awards for
the fifth consecutive year by Healogics,” said
Michael Hurwitz, M.D, medical director of the Hoag Wound Healing and Hyperbaric
Medicine Center. “What sets us apart at Hoag is our comprehensive team approach
bringing together physicians, nurses and physical therapists, all trained
in advanced wound care, to specifically tailor a treatment plan for each
patient’s unique needs.”
The Center of Excellence Award is given to Wound Care Centers® in the
Healogics network that have met the highest level of quality standards
for a minimum of two consecutive years. Across the country, 334 centers
were eligible and 169 centers were honored with this award in 2016.
Hoag Wound Care Center provides specialized treatment for chronic or non-healing
wounds at
Hoag Health Center Newport Beach and
Hoag Health Center Irvine – Sand Canyon. With the state-of-the-art treatments available including debridement,
hyperbaric oxygen therapy, dressing selection, special shoes, and patient education, the centers
use an interdisciplinary model of care, including infectious-disease management,
physical therapy, occupational therapy, laboratory evaluation, nutritional
management, pain management, diabetic education, radiology testing, and
debridement to address total patient health.
ABOUT HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN
Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery
network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 29,000 inpatients
and 305,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals
– Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which opened in 1952, and Hoag Hospital
Irvine, which opened in 2010 – in addition to seven health centers
and ten urgent care centers. Hoag is a designated Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers
a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes five institutes
providing specialized services in the following areas:
cancer,
heart and vascular,
neurosciences,
women’s health, and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate,
Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic hospital and two ambulatory surgical centers.
In 2013, Hoag entered into an alliance with St. Joseph Health to further
expand health care services in the Orange County community, known as St.
Joseph Hoag Health. Hoag has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals
in the 2016 - 2017
U.S. News & World Report, andBecker’s Hospital Review named Hoag as one of the 2016 “100 Great Hospitals in America”
– a designation Hoag has received four times. National Research
Corporation has endorsed Hoag as Orange County’s most preferred
hospital for the past 20 consecutive years and, for an unprecedented 21
years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as one of the county’s
best hospitals in a local newspaper survey. Visit
www.hoag.org for more information.
ABOUT HEALOGICS, INC.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., Healogics is the nation’s largest
provider of advanced wound care services. Healogics and its affiliated
companies manage nearly 800 Wound Care Centers® in the nation and
saw over 300,000 new patients in 2016 through a connected network of partner
hospitals and Wound Care Centers, academic medical centers, and other
post‐acute sites. Healogics utilizes an evidence‐based systematic approach
to chronic wound healing to treat an underserved and growing patient population.
A fund managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, a private investment firm,
is the majority shareholder of Healogics. For more information, please visit
www.healogics.com.
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